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As  Adopted  January, 

1889 

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1903 

Amended  January, 

1905 

Amended  February, 

1907 

Amended  February, 

1909 

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Amended  March, 

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Ameaded     April, 

1913 

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As  Adopted  January, 

1889 

Amended  January, 

1903 

Amended  January, 

1905 

Amended  February, 

1907 

Amended  February, 

1909 

Amended  March, 

1911 

and. 

Amended     April, 

1913 

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OF  THE 

Charter  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles 


PAGE 

Article  I — Incorporation  and  Corporate   Powers ...        1 

Article  II — Officers  of  the   Municipality.  . 28 

Article  III — Powers  and  Duties  of  Council 32 

Article  IV — Powers  and  Duties  of  Officers 42 

Article  V — Official    Bonds    59 

Article  \'I — Salaries  of  Officers 61 

Article         VII — Department   of   Education 62 

Article       VIII — Library  Department    65 

Article  IX — Police  Department   71 

Article  X — Police   Courts    73 

Article  XI — Fire   Department    75 

Article         XII — Park  Department   78 

Article        XIII — Health   Department    81 

Article        XIV — Department  of  Public  Works 83 

Article  XV — Department  of  Public  Utilities 91 

Article        XVJ — Harbor   Department    ' 99 

Article     XVIII — Department   of   Public   Service 122 

Article        XIX — Elections     133 

The  Initiative 134 

"        The  Referendum    140 

The  Recall     146 

"        General  Provisions     152 

"        Primary   Nominating    157 


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Article  XX- 
Article  XXI- 
Article  XXII- 
Article  XXIII- 
Article.  XXIV- 

Article      XXV- 


Article    XXVI- 
Article  XXVII- 


PAGE 

-Contracts  and  the  Sale  of  Property.  .  .  .    167 
-Taxation,  Finance,  Claims  and  Demands  173 

-Miscellaneous   Provisions    181 

-Civil    Service    184 

-Consolidation  of  Duties,  City  and  County 

Officers    195 

-Annexations,  Consolidation  of  City  and 
County  Governments,  Establishment 
and  Government  of  Boroughs,  Har- 
bor  Improvement   Bonds 197 

-Playground    Department    204 

-Municipal  Art   Commission 206 


Charter  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 


ARTICLE  I. 
[Amendment,   1911.] 

INCORPORATION    AND    POWERS. 

Section  1.  The  municipal  corporation  now  existing  and 
known  as  "The  City  of  Los  Angeles,"  shall  continue  to  be  a 
municipal  corporation  under  the  same  name  and  with  the  same 
boundaries  that  it  now  has,  to-wit: 

Beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  section  2,  township  1 
south,  range  14  west,  S.  B.  M. ;  thence  south  along  the  west  line 
of  said  section  to  the  south  line  of  lot  46  of  Hollywood  Heights, 
as  shown  on  a  map  recorded  in  Book  1,  page  48,  of  Maps,  Rec- 
ords of  Los  Angeles  County,  State  of  California;  thence  west- 
erly, northerly,  westerly,  southerly  and  westerly  along  the  south- 
erly line  of  said  lot  46,  to  the  west  line  of  said  lot;  thence  west 
along  the  east  and  west  center  line  of  section  3  of  the  township 
and  range  hereinbefore  mentioned,  to  the  west  line  of  said  sec- 
tion 3 ;  thence  south  along  the  said  west  line  to  the  northwesterly 
line  of  the  Rancho  La  Brea;  thence  southwesterly  along  the 
northwesterly  line  of  said  rancho  to  the  north  line  of  section  9 
of  the  township  and  range  hereinbefore  mentioned;  thence  west 
along  the  north  line  of  said  section  9  to  the  northeast  corner  of 
section  8  of  said  township  and  range;  thence  west  along  the 
north  line  of  said  section  8  a  distance  of  eight  chains ;  thence 
southerly  and  parallel  to  and  distant  eight  chains  west  of  the  east 
line  of  said  section  8  to  the  south  line  of  the  northeast  quarter 
of  said  section  8 ;  thence  easterly  along  said  line  to  the  west  line 
of  Crescent  avenue,  as  said  avenue  is  shown  on  a  map  recorded 


CHARTER     OF     THE 

in  Book  54,  page  52,  of  Miscellaneous  Records  of  said  county; 
thence  south  along  the  west  line  of  said  Crescent  avenue  to  the 
north  line  of  Fountain  avenue,  as  shown  on  said  map,  produced 
westerly;  thence  easterly  along  said  prolongation  and  the  north 
line  of  said  Fountain  avenue  to  its  intersection  with  the  easterly 
line  of  La  Brea  avenue  (formerly  Flummer  street),  as  shown 
on  map  of  Tonner  and  Garbutt's  subdivision  of  the  S.  W.  Little 
Tract,  as  recorded  in  Book  19,  page  30,  of  Miscellaneous  Rec- 
ords of  said  county;  thence  south  along  the  easterly  line  of  said 
La  Brea  avenue  to  the  north  line  of  Fountain  avenue,  as  shown 
on  map  of  Hollywood  Square  recorded  in  Book  9,  page  77 ,  of 
Maps,  Records  of  said  county;  thence  easterly  along  the  present 
north  line  of  Fountain  avenue  to  a  point  distant  225  feet  west- 
erly of  the  center  line  of  Seward  street,  as  shown  on  the  map  of 
Colegrove,  recorded  in  Book  53,  page  10,  of  Miscellaneous  Rec- 
ords of  said  county;  thence  south  6  minutes  east  parallel  to  that 
portion  of  said  Seward  street  lying  north  of  Santa  Monica  ave- 
nue and  its  southerly  prolongation,  to  an  intersection  with  the 
northerly  prolongation  of  the  westerly  line  of  Victoria  Park,  as 
recorded  in  Book  12,  page  2,  of  Maps,  Records  of  said  county; 
thence  southerly  along  said  prolongation  and  the  westerly  line 
of  said  Victoria  Park  and  its  southerly  prolongation,  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  westerly  prolongation  of  the  southerly  line  of 
that  portion  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Los  Angeles  Pacific  Rail- 
way Company  lying  southerly  of  said  Victoria  Park  and  easterly 
of  Sherman  Drive,  as  shown  on  the  map  of  said  Victoria  Park; 
thence  easterly  along  the  said  production  and  the  southerly  line 
of  the  right-of-way  of  said  railway  company,  to  the  northwest 
corner  of  lot  24  of  the  Crenshaw  Boulevard  Tract,  as  recorded 
in  Book  8,  page  68,  of  Maps,  Records  of  said  county;  thence 
southerly  along  the  westerly  line  of  said  Crenshaw  Boulevard 
Tract  and  the  westerly  line  of  Jackins  Arlington  Heights  Tract, 
as  recorded  in  Book  8,  page  22,  of  Maps,  Records  of  said  coun- 
ty, and  the  southerly  prolongation  of  the  last  mentioned  line,  to 
an  iron  pipe  in  the  center  line  of  Washington  street,  as  shown 


CITY     OF     LOS     ANGELES. 

on  the  county  surveyor's  map  No.  5330,  on  file  in  the  office  of 
the  county  surveyor  of  said  county;  thence  southerly  in  a  direct 
line  to  the  northwest  corner  of  lot  1  of  Harry  Jackins  Tract  No. 
2,  as  recorded  in  Book  9,  page  133,  of  ^laps,  Records  of  said 
county;  thence  southerly  along  the  westerly  line  of  said  last 
mentioned  tract  to  the  southwest  corner  of  lot  50  of  said  tract; 
thence  southeasterly  in  a  direct  line  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
lot  61  of  said  tract;  thence  southeasterly  in  a  direct  line  to  the 
southeast  corner  of  lot  14  of  the  Home  Villa  Tract,  as  recorded 
in  Book  72,  page  25,  of  Miscellaneous  Records  of  said  county; 
thence  southerly  in  a  direct  line  to  a  point  in  the  southerly  line 
of  Adams  street,  said  point  being  distant  47.30  feet  easterly 
from  the  north  common  corner  of  lots  12  and  13  of  said  Home 
Villa  Tract ;  thence  easterly  along  the  south  line  of  Adams  street 
65.15  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  line  of  ^lontclair 
street;  thence  south  37  degrees  3  minutes  east  along  the  south- 
erly line  of  Montclair  street  and  its  southerly  prolongation,  a 
distance  of  1216.60  feet  to  an  iron  pipe;  thence  south  63 
degrees  38  minutes  east  parallel  to  and  distanct  201.3  feet  from 
the  center  line  of  a  portion  of  Montclair  street,  a  distance  of 
596.3  feet  to  an  iron  pipe  in  the  line  between  lots  3  and  5 
of  the  hereinbefore  mentioned  Home  Villa  Tract;  thence  south 
89  degrees  58  minutes  east,  parallel  to  and  distant  180  feet  from 
the  center  line  of  the  third  portion  of  IMontclair  street,  a  dis- 
tance of  270  feet  to  an  iron  pipe;  thence  south  4  minutes  west, 
parallel  to  Eighth  avenue,  in  the  West  Jefferson  and  Seventh 
Avenue  Tract,  as  recorded  in  Book  11,  page  133,  of  ]Maps, 
Records  of  said  county,  to  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of 
West  Jefferson  street  with  the  westerly  line  of  said  West  Jef- 
ferson and  Seventh  Avenue  Tract;  thence  southerly  along  the 
westerly  line  of  said  tract  and  its  southerly  prolongation  to  the 
southeast  corner  of  lot  4  of  the  hereinbefore  mentioned  Home 
Villa  Tract;  thence  south  15  degrees  Zl  minutes  west,  parallel 
to  the  west  line  of  the  depot  grounds  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad  as  inclosed,  a  distance  of  465  feet  to  an  iron  pipe  set 


CHARTER      OF     THE 

40  inches  in  the  ground ;  thence  south  74  degrees  23  minutes 
east  a  distance  of  3064.75  feet  to  an  intersection  with  the  east- 
erly boundary  Hne  of  the  Rancho  Cienega  o'  Paso  De  La  Tijera; 
thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  said  rancho  a  dis- 
tance of  40  feet  to  the  north  line  of  section  11,  township  2  south, 
range  14  west,  S.  B.  M. ;  thence  east  along  the  north  line  of  said 
section  to  the  northwest  corner  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  said 
section ;  thence  south  along  the  north  and  south  center  line  of 
sections  11,  14,  23  and  26,  township  2  south,  range  14  west, 
S.  B.  M.,  to  the  south  line  of  said  section  26;  thence  east  along 
the  south  line  of  sections  26  and  25  of  said  township  and  range, 
and  of  section  30,  township  2  south,  range  13  west,  S.  B.  M., 
to  a  point  10  feet  distant  east  of  the  range  line  dividing  said 
ranges  13  and  14;  thence  south  running  parallel  to  and  10  feet 
distant  east  of  said  range  line,  to  its  intersection  with  the  north- 
erly line  of  the  Gardena  Tract  of  the  Rancho  San  Pedro,  as 
recorded  in  Book  8,  page  89,  of  Maps,  Records  of  said  county, 
and  in  Book  43,  page  5,  of  Miscellaneous  Records  of  said  coun- 
ty; thence  southwesterly  along  the  northerly  line  of  said  tract  to 
its  intersection  with  a  line  parallel  to  and  10  feet  distant  east  of 
the  center  line  of  Orange  avenue,  as  shown  on  the  map  of  the 
said  Gardena  Tract ;  thence  southerly  along  a  line  parallel  to  and 
10  feet  distant  east  of  the  center  line  of  said  Orange  avenue,  to 
its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line  of  lot  4  of  the  partition 
of  the  estate  of  J.  B.  Ducazau,  recorded  in  Book  59,  pages  15 
and  16,  of  Miscellaneous  Records  of  said  county;  thence  south- 
erly in  a  direct  line  to  the  northeast  corner  of  block  107  of  the 
McDonald  Tract  of  Rancho  San  Pedro,  recorded  in  Book  15, 
pages  21  and  22,  of  Miscellaneous  Records  of  said  county; 
thence  southwesterly  and  westerly  along  the  northerly  line  of 
said  block  107  and  of  block  105  of  said  tract,  to  the  northwest 
corner  of  said  block  105 ;  thence  northwesterly  in  a  direct  line  to 
the  southeast  corner  of  lot  1  of  the  townsite  of  Avery,  as  re- 
corded in  Book  2,  page  61,  of  Maps,  Records  of  said  county; 
thence  westerly  in  a  direct  line  to  the  southeast  corner  of  block 


CITY      OF      LOS      ANGELES. 

72  of  the  hereinbefore  mentioned  McDonald  Tract;  thence 
southerly  in  a  direct  line  to  the  southeast  corner  of  block  70  of 
said  McDonald  Tract;  thence  southerly  in  a  direct  line  to  the 
northeast  corner  of  lot  14  of  Peck's  subdivision  of  lot  J  and  a 
portion  of  lot  H  of  the  partition  of  Rancho  Los  Palos  Verdes, 
as  per  recorder's  filed  map  No.  141,  and  as  shown  on  map 
found  in  Book  4,  page  48,  of  Licensed  Surveys,  Records  of  said 
county;  thence  southerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  said  lot  14 
to  the  southeast  corner  of  said  lot;  thence  southeasterly  in  a 
direct  line  to  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  northerly  prolonga- 
tion of  the  westerly  line  of  Meyler  street  of  the  City  of  San 
Pedro,  as  said  city  existed  prior  to  its  consolidation  with  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles,  with  the  southerly  line  of  lot  1  of  the  sub- 
division of  lot  M  of  the  original  partition  of  Rancho  Los  Palos 
Verdes,  as  shown  on  map  found  in  Book  1,  page  47,  of  Licensed 
Surveys,  Records  of  said  county ;  thence  westerly  along  the 
southerly  line  of  said  lot  1  to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly 
prolongation  of  the  westerly  line  of  that  portion  of  Meyler 
street  lying  between  First  street  and  Seventh  street  in  the  said 
City  of  San  Pedro;  thence  southerly  along  said  prolongation 
and  the  westerly  line  of  said  Meyler  street  to  its  intersection 
with  the  northerly  line  of  said  Seventh  street ;  thence  southerly 
in  a  direct  line  to  the  northeast  corner  of  block  22  of  Peck's 
Grand  View  Tract,  as  recorded  in  Book  8,  page  79,  of  Maps, 
Records  of  said  county;  thence  westerly  along  the  northerly  line 
of  said  Peck's  Grand  View  Tract,  to  the  northwest  corner  of 
said  tract,  being  in  the  westerly  line  of  Leland  street  of  said 
tract ;  thence  southerly  along  the  westerly  line  of  said  Leland 
street  to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line  of  Hamilton 
avenue ;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  northerly  line  of  Hamil- 
ton avenue  to  its  intersection  with  the  westerly  line  of  Gaflfey 
street  from  the  north  (formerly  Helena  street  of  said  City  of 
San  Pedro)  ;  thence  due  south  to  the  southerly  boundary  line  of 
the  County  of  Los  Angeles ;  thence  easterly  along  the  southerly 
boundary  line  of  the  said  county,  to  a  point  due  south  of  the 


CHARTER     OF     THE 

northwest  corner  of  block  10  of  the  townsite  of  East  San  Pedro, 
as  recorded  in  Book  52,  pages  13  to  18,  inclusive,  of  Miscel- 
laneous Records  of  said  county;  thence  due  north  to  the  north- 
west corner  of  said  block  10;  thence  northeasterly  across  inter- 
vening streets  by  straight  lines,  and  along  the  northerly  line  of 
blocks  10,  11,  12  and  13  of  said  townsite,  to  the  northwest  cor- 
ner of  block  14  of  said  townsite ;  thence  northwesterly  in  a  direct 
line  to  the  southeast  corner  of  lot  2  of  Terminal  Island,  as 
shown  on  Recorder's  filed  map  No.  133,  Records  of  said  county ; 
thence  northwesterly  along  the  northeasterly  line  of  said  lot  2, 
to  the  northeast  corner  of  said  lot;  thence  northeasterly  in  a 
direct  line  to  a  point,  said  point  being  the  most  easterly  point  of 
the  City  of  Wilmington  as  incorporated  on  December  26,  1905 ; 
thence  northwesterly  in  a  direct  line  to  a  point  in  the  east  line 
of  the  right  of  way  of  the  San  Pedro  branch  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company,  said  point  being  the  intersection  of 
the  easterly  line  of  said  right-of-way  with  the  easterly  prolonga- 
tion of  the  northerly  line  of  New  San  Pedro  or  Wilmington,  as 
recorded  in  Book  6,  pages  66  and  67  of  Deeds,  Records  of  said 
county;  thence  westerly  along  the  said  prolongation  and  the 
northerly  line  of  the  said  New  San  Pedro  and  the  westerly  pro- 
longation of  said  northerly  line,  to  the  easterly  line  of  the 
Rancho  Los  Palos  Verdes,  as  recorded  in  Book  2,  pages  544  and 
545  of  Patents,  Records  of  said  county;  thence  southerly  along 
the  easterly  line  of  said  rancho  to  the  southerly  line  of  the  Wil- 
mington and  Salt  Works  road,  as  shown  on  map  of  Peck's  sub- 
division of  lot  J  and  a  portion  of  lot  H  of  the  partition  of 
Rancho  Los  Palos  Verdes,  hereinbefore  mentioned ;  thence  west- 
erly along  the  southerly  line  of  the  said  Wilmington  and  Salt 
Works  road,  to  the  northwest  corner  of  lot  3  of  the  last  men- 
tioned Peck's  subdivision ;  thence  northerly  in  a  direct  line  to 
the  intersection  of  the  easterly  line  of  Tomlinson  road  with  the 
northerly  line  of  Ocean  street,  as  both  are  shown  on  a  map  filed 
in  case  No.  3284,  in  the  Superior  Court  of  Los  Angeles  County, 
State  of  California,  entitled,  *'In  the  matter  of  the  ])ctition  of 


CITY     OF     LOS     ANGELES. 

Ana  Josefa  de  Dominguez  et  al.,  for  partition  real  property" ; 
said  point  of  intersection  being  the  southwest  corner  of  the  real 
property  allotted  to  Victoria  Dominguez  de  Carson  by  decree 
of  said  court  made  and  filed  on  June  26,  1885,  in  the  above- 
entitled  matter;  thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  said 
Tomlinson  road  to  the  northwest  corner  of  the  real  property 
allotted  to  Maria  de  Los  Reyes  Dominguez  by  the  aforesaid 
decree;  thence  easterly  and  northeasterly  along  the  northerly 
line  of  the  last  mentioned  property  to  its  intersection  with  the 
prolongation  of  the  easterly  line  of  Olive  street,  as  shown  on 
the  map  of  the  South  Gardena  Tract,  recorded  in  Book  43,  page 
39,  Miscellaneous  Records  of  said  county;  thence  northerly  in 
a  direct  line  to  the  northwest  corner  of  lot  14  of  said  tract; 
thence  westerly  in  a  direct  line  to  the  southwest  corner  of  lot  7 
of  the  Ducazau  Tract,  recorded  in  Book  53,  page  12,  also  in 
Book  59,  pages  15  and  16,  both  of  Miscellaneous  Records  of 
said  county;  thence  northerly  in  a  direct  line  to  the  northwest 
corner  of  lot  2  of  the  Gardena  Tract,  as  recorded  in  Book  99, 
pages  85  and  86,  Miscellaneous  Records  of  said  county;  thence 
northeasterly  along  the  northwesterly  line  of  said  lot  2  to  a 
point  distant  150  feet  east  of  the  north  and  south  center  line  of 
section  19,  township  3  south,  range  13  west,  S.  B.  M. ;  thence 
north  and  parallel  to  and  150  feet  distant  easterly  of  the  center 
line  of  sections  19,  18,  7  and  6  of  township  3  south,  range  13 
west,  S.  B.  M.,  and  of  section  31,  township  2  south,  range  13 
west,  S.  B.  M.,  to  south  line  of  section  30  of  said  township  and 
range;  thence  east  along  the  south  lines  of  sections  30,  29  and 
28  of  last  mentioned  township  and  range,  to  a  point  40  feet 
distant  "easterly  of  the  west  line  of  said  section  28;  thence  north, 
parallel  with  and  40  feet  distant  easterly  of  the  west  line  of 
sections  28,  21  and  16,  said  last  mentioned  township  and  range, 
to  a  point  50  feet  distant  northerly  of  the  south  line  of  said 
section  16;  thence  east  through  sections  16  and  15  of  said  last 
mentioned  township  and  range,  parallel  with  and  50  feet  north- 
erly of  the  south  line  of  said  sections  to  the  westerly  line  of  the 


CHARTER      OF     THE 

Street  along  which  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  tracks  are  laid 
(commonly  known  as  Alameda  street)  ;  thence  northerly  along 
the  westerly  line  of  said  street  to  the  southerly  boundary  line 
of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  as  same  is  described  in  charter 
granted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  California  to  said  city 
in  the  year  1889;  thence  east  along  the  said  south  charter 
boundary  line  to  the  southeast  corner  of  said  city;  thence  north 
to  the  southeast  corner  of  the  patent  boundary  of  the  city  lands 
of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  as  recorded  in  Book  2,  pages  38  and 
39  of  Patents,  Records  of  said  county;  thence  north  along  the 
east  patent  boundary  of  said  city  to  the  northeast  corner  of  said 
boundary;  thence  due  north  to  the  southerly  line  of  Highland 
Park  Tract  as  recorded  in  Book  5,  page  145,  and  in  Book  6, 
pages  392  and  393,  both  of  Miscellaneous  Records  of  said 
county;  thence  easterly  along  said  southerly  line  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  center  line  of  Avenue  57  (formerly  Garvanza 
street)  ;  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line  of  said  Avenue 
57  to  an  intersection  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  the  right- 
of-way  of  the  San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  and  Salt  Lake  Railway 
Company  (formerly  the  Los  Angeles  Terminal  Railway  Com- 
pany) ;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  southeasterly  line  of  said 
right-of-way  to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  line  of  block 
55  of  Ralph  Rogers  subdivision  of  part  of  Garvanza  Tract,  as 
recorded  in  Book  12,  page  61,  of  Miscellaneous  Records  of  said 
county;  thence  easterly  and  northerly  along  the  southerly  and 
easterly  line  of  blocks  55  and  50  of  the  last  mentioned  subdi- 
vision, to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line  of  the  right- 
of-way  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Com- 
pany (formerly  the  Southern  California  Railway  Company)  ; 
thence  easterly  along  the  northerly  line  of  said  right-of-way  to 
an  intersection  with  the  easterly  line  of  the  Rancho  San  Rafael, 
as  recorded  in  Book  3,  pages  220  to  223,  inclusive,  of  Patents, 
Records  of  said  county;  thence  easterly,  northeasterly,  northerly 
along  the  said  rancho  line  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line 
of  San  Pasqual  avenue;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  center 

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line  of  San  Pasqual  avenue  to  its  intersection  with  the  easterly 
prolongation  of  the  southerly  line  of  lot  63,  block  17,  of  the 
Garvanza  Addition  No.  1,  as  recorded  in  Book  9,  page  45,  of 
Miscellaneous  Records  of  said  county;  thence  westerly  along 
said  prolongation  and  the  south  line  of  lot  63  and  its  westerly 
prolongation,  to  its  .intersection  with  the  center  line  of  the  alley 
through  said  block  17;  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line 
of  said  alley  to  its  intersection  with  the  easterly  prolongation 
of  the  northerly  line  of  lot  43  of  said  block  17;  thence  westerly 
along  the  said  prolongation  and  the  northerly  line  of  said  lot 
43  and  its  westerly  prolongation  to  its  intersection  with  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Avenue  66  (formerly  Cooper  avenue)  ;  thence  north- 
erly along  the  center  line  of  said  Avenue  66  to  its  intersection 
with  the  San  Bernardino  Base  Line;  thence  westerly  along  the 
said  base  line  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  Avenue 
}i7  (formerly  Chicago  street),  as  shown  on  the  map  of  the  New 
York  Tract  as  recorded  in  Book  19,  pages  85  and  86,  of  Mis- 
cellaneous Records  of  said  county ;  thence  southerly  along  the 
center  line  of  said  Avenue  57  to  its  intersection  with  the  center 
line  of  Aldama  street  (formerly  Aliso  avenue),  as  shown  on 
the  last  mentioned  map ;  thence  westerly  along  the  center  line 
of  said  Aldama  street  to  the  center  line  of  Avenue  54  (formerly 
Central  avenue)  ;  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line  of  said 
Avenue  54  to  the  center  line  of  Aldama  street  from  the  west; 
thence  westerly  along  and  following  the  various  courses  of  the 
center  line  of  said  Aldama  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Avenue  50  (formerly  Highland  avenue),  as  shown 
upon  the  diagram  of  the  subdivision  of  the  Highland  Park 
Tract  as  recorded  in  Book  5,  page  145,  of  Miscellaneous  Rec- 
ords of  said  county;  thence  southerly  along  the  center  line  of 
said  Avenue  50  to  its  intersection  with  the  easterly  prolonga- 
tion of  the  northerly  line  of  lot  24  of  the  said  subdivision  of 
the  Highland  Park  Tract;  thence  westerly  along  the  said  pro- 
longation and  the  northerly  line  of  the  said  lot  24,  to  the  west 
corner  of  said  lot;  thence  southerly  in  a  direct  line  to  the  north 


CHARTER     OF     THE 

corner  of  lot  16  of  the  subdivision  of  the  Hunter  Highland  View 
Tract,  as  recorded  in  Book  4,  page  570,  of  Miscellaneous  Rec- 
ords of  said  county;  thence  southerly  to  the  west  corner  of  said 
lot  16;  thence  southwesterly  to  the  west  corner  of  lot  15  of  the 
last  mentioned  subdivision;  thence  due  south  to  the  north  patent 
boundary  line  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  hereinbefore  men- 
tioned ;  thence  west  along  said  patent  boundary  line  to  the  south- 
westerly line  of  the  right-of-way  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  southwesterly 
line  of  said  right-of-way,  following  the  various  courses  and 
curves  thereof,  to  its  intersection  with  the  easterly  prolongation 
of  the  northerly  line  of  a  strip  of  land  conveyed  by  A.  J.  Haney 
to  G.  J.  Griffith  by  deed  recorded  in  Book  155,  page  357,  of 
Deeds,  Records  of  said  county;  thence  westerly  along  said  pro- 
longation and  the  northerly  line  of  said  strip  of  land  or  its  west- 
erly prolongation,  to  its  intersection  with  the  easterly  boundary 
line  of  the  land  conveyed  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  by  Griffith 
Jenkins  Griffith  and  Mary  Agnes  Christina  Griffith,  his  wife,  by 
deed  dated  March  5,  1898,  and  recorded  March  5,  1898,  in  Book 
1226,  page  40,  of  Deeds,  Records  of  said  county;  thence  north- 
erly, westerly,  northwesterly,  westerly,  southwesterly  and  south- 
erly, following  the  various  courses  of  the  easterly,  northerly, 
northeasterly,  northerly,  northwesterly  and  westerly  boundary 
lines  of  the  land  conveyed  by  said  deed,  to  a  point  in  the  San 
Bernardino  Base  Line,  said  point  being  an  angle  point  in  the 
boundary  line  of  the  City  of  Hollywood,  as  said  city  existed 
prior  to  its  consolidation  with  the  City  of  Los  Angeles;  thence 
westerly  along  the  said  base  line  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Sec.  2.  The  City  of  Los  Angeles,  in  addition  to  any  other 
powers  now  held  by,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  granted  to  it 
under  the  constitution  or  laws  of  the  state,  shall  have  the  right 
and  power: 

(1)  To  provide  and  use  a  corporate  seal,  and  to  alter  the 
same  at  pleasure. 

(2)  To  sue  and  be  sued  in  all  actions  and  proceedings. 

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(3)  To  have  perpetual   succession. 

(4)  To  provide,  by  purchase,  lease,  condemnation,  con- 
struction, or  otherwise,  and  to  estabHsh,  own,  equip,  maintain, 
conduct  and  operate  Ubraries,  reading  rooms,  art  galleries, 
museums,  assembly  or  convention  halls,  schools,  kindergartens, 
parks,  playgrounds,  gymnasiums,  baths,  public  toilets  and  com- 
fort stations,  markets,  market  houses,  abattoirs,  municipal  lodg- 
ing houses  and  tenement  houses,  dispensaries,  infirmaries,  hos- 
pitals, charitable  institutions,  free  employment  bureaus,  alms- 
houses, jails,  houses  of  correction,  workhouses,  farm  schools, 
municipal  farms,  work  farms,  detention  homes,  cemeteries, 
crematories,  morgues,  garbage  collection  and  garbage  disposal 
and  reduction  works,  street  cleaning  and  sprinkling  plants,  quar- 
ries, w^orks  or  plants  for  the  preparation,  manufacture,  handling 
or  transportation  of  materials  required  in  the  construction,  com- 
pletion, maintenance  or  repair  of  any  public  building,  work,  im- 
provement or  utility;  also  any  and  all  buildings,  establishments, 
institutions  and  places,  whether  situated  inside  or  outside  of  the 
city  limits,  w^hich  are  necessary  or  convenient  for  the  transac- 
tion of  public  business  or  for  promoting  the  health,  morals,  edu- 
cation or  welfare  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  city,  or  for  their 
amusement,  recreation,  entertainment  or  benefit. 

(5)  To  provide  for  the  care  of  the  sick,  the  indigent  and 
the  helpless. 

(6)  To  make  and  enforce  all  regulations  which  may  be 
necessary  and  expedient  for  the  preservation  of  health,  and  the 
prevention  of  the  spread,  or  of  the  introduction  into  the  city,  of 
contagious,  malignant,  infectious,  or  other  diseases. 

(7)  To  acquire  by  purchase,  condemnation,  lease,  gift  or 
otherwise,  or  to  construct,  extend,  maintain  and  operate  within 
or  without  the  city  limits,  any  and  all  plants  and  property 
necessary  or  convenient  for  furnishing  the  city  and  its  inhab- 
itants, or  other  municipal  corporations  or  territory  outside  the 
city,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof,  with  transportation,  communi- 
cation,   telephones,    telephone    service    or    connections,    terminal 

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CHARTER      OF     THE 

facilities,  water,  light,  heat,  power,  refrigeration,  storage,  or 
any  other  public  service ;  to  sell  the  products  or  service  of  any 
such  utility,  and  to  acquire  lands,  rights  and  property  necessary 
or  convenient  for  furnishing  such  products  or  service;  and  for 
the  purpose  of  such  acquisition,  construction,  extension,  mainte- 
nance or  operation  of  any  such  public  utility  or  service,  the 
city  shall  have  power  to  do  any,  all,  or  any  number  of  the  fol- 
lowing : 

(a)  To  acquire  any  such  utility  subject  to  outstanding 
bonds  against  the  same,  in  an  amount  not  to  exceed  the  total 
price  or  consideration  at  which  the  city  shall  acquire  such  utility. 

(b)  To  issue,  without  regard  to  the  debt  limit,  bonds  in 
an  amount  not  to  exceed  the  total  price  or  consideration  at 
which  the  city  shall  acquire  any  utility,  such  bonds  to  be  a  lien 
upon  the  property  of  such  utility  alone  and  the  city  otherwise 
not  to  be  liable  on  account  thereof;  and  to  grant  a  security 
franchise  for  the  operation  of  such  utility  in  case  of  default  in 
the  payment  of  such  bonds. 

(c)  To  issue  bonds  against  its  general  credit  within  the 
debt  limit  prescribed  by  law;  but  whenever  such  public  utility 
shall,  upon  application  by  the  city,  be  determined  by  the  railroad 
commission  of  the  State  of  California  to  be  self-sustaining, 
then  the  bonds  so  issued  may  by  ordinance  approved  by  a  ma- 
jority of  the  voters  voting  thereon  at  an  election,  be  excluded 
from  the  debt  limit. 

(d)  To  enter  into  a  contract  with  the  owner  of  any  public 
utility  held  or  operated  under  franchise  rights  acquired  prior 
to  the  adoption  of  this  charter,  by  the  terms  of  which  contract 
the  city  may  acquire  an  option  or  right  to  purchase,  upon  such 
notice  as  may  be  prescribed  in  such  contract,  or  may  agree  to 
purchase  all  or  any  part  of  the  property  of  such  utility,  upon 
paying  therefor  a  price  to  be  fixed  in  accordance  with  the  terms 
of  the  contract.  Such  contract  may  provide  that  the  city  may 
acquire  the  utility  subject  to  all  or  any  portion  of  the  outstand- 
ing indebtedness  against  the  same,  within  the  limitations  above 

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prescribed,  but  no  such  contract  shall  be  vahd  until  it  is  ap- 
proved by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  city  voting 
thereon  at  an  election.  The  financial  obligation  assumed  by  the 
city  under  any  such  contract  shall  not  be  subject  to  the  debt 
limitation  until  the  purchase  is  actually  consummated,  and  then 
may  be  exempted  by  ordinance,  approved  by  a  majority  of  the 
electors  voting  thereon  at  an  election,  from  such  limitation,  if 
the  state  railroad  commission  shall  determine  that  the  utility  'is 
self-sustaining.  The  provisions  of  the  contract  in  this  para- 
graph (d)  mentioned  need  not  include  any,  and  the  sale  contract 
shall  not  be  subject,  as  to  the  price  to  be  paid  thereunder,  to 
any  limitation  prescribed  in  section  2  of  this  charter,  of  which 
section  this  paragraph  (d)  is  a  part.  Nothing  in  any  such 
contract  contained  shall  operate  to  extend  the  term  of  any  fran- 
chise of  any  utility  therein  mentioned. 

(e)  To  acquire  all  necessary  land,  rights  and  property, 
either  within  or  without  the  city  limits,  or  both  within  and 
without  such  limits. 

No  public  utility,  plant  or  property  owned  by  the  city, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  shall  ever  be  leased  for 
private  operation  for  a  longer  period  than  ten  years. —  [Amend- 
ment, 1913.] 

(8)  To  provide  for  supplying  surplus  water,  gas  or  elec- 
tricity belonging  to  the  city,  or  the  surplus  product  or  service 
of  any  public  utility  conducted  or  operated  by  the  city,  to  other 
municipal  corporations,  and  to  consumers  and  users  outside  of 
the  city  limits ;  provided,  that  the  supplying  or  distribution  of 
water,  light  or  power,  for  use  outside  of  the  city,  as  aforesaid, 
shall,  in  every  case,  be  subject  to  the  paramount  right  of  the 
city  at  any  time  to  discontinue  the  same,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
and  to  take  and  hold,  or  to  distribute  such  water,  light  and 
power,  or  either  thereof,  for  the  use  of  the  city  and  its  inhab- 
itans. —  [Amendment,   1913.] 

(9)  To  acquire  by  purchase,  lease,  condemnation  or  other- 
wise,  or   construct,   and   to   own,   maintain,   equip   and  operate, 

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CHARTER     OF     THE 

telephone  systems  and  telegraph  systems,  or  other  means  of 
communication;  also  street  railways,  railroads  and  interurban 
railroads,  steamships,  steamboats,  sailing  vessels,  ferries,  or  other 
means  of  conveyance,  by  land  or  water,  between  points  within 
the  city  limits,  or  from  points  within  to  points  without  the  city 
limits,  either  within  or  without  the  State  of  California,  for  the 
purpose  of  transporting  passengers  and  freight,  or  either. 

*  (10)  To  improve,  maintain  and  control  the  water-front  and 
harbors  of  the  city;  to  acquire  by  purchase,  lease,  condemnation 
or  otherwise,  or  construct,  and  to  maintain,  deepen,  widen, 
cover,  wall,  or  alter  waterways,  channels,  slips  and  canals;  and 
to  provide,  by  purchase,  lease,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  or 
construct,  and  to  own,  maintain,  equip  and  operate  elevators, 
warehouses,  bunkers,  wharves,  docks,  drydocks,  piers,  marine 
ways,  levees,  sea  walls,  moles,  drawbridges,  and  other  structures 
and  appliances  for  facilitating  or  accommodating  commerce  or 
navigation  in  waters  within  the  limits  of  the  city. 

To  license,  regulate  and  control  or  restrain  the  landing, 
anchorage,  moorage,  and  loading  and  unloading  of  steamships, 
steamboats,  sailing  vessels,  tug  boats,  rafts,  and  all  other  water 
craft,  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  city;  to  provide  for  the  ap- 
pointment of  pilots,  and  to  fix  the  rates  of  wharfage,  dockage, 
towage,  pilotage  and  tolls,  and  provide  for  the  collection  thereof, 
and  to  make  and  enforce  regulations  governing  the  use  of  har- 
bors and  other  navigable  waters,  and  the  opening  and  passing  of 
bridges  within  the  city. 

(11)  To  acquire,  by  purchase,  lease,  condemnation  or 
otherwise,  or  to  construct,  and  to  own,  maintain,  equip  and  op- 
erate tunnels,  conduits,  viaducts  and  subways;  to  regulate  and 
control  the  use  thereof,  and  to  fix  and  collect  charges  for 
such  use. 

(12)  To  fix  and  collect  rates  or  charges  for  the  use  of  and 
for  all  products  of,  or  service  by,  any  public  utility  conducted 
or  operated  by  the  city. 

(13)  To  establish,  lay  out,  open,  extend,  widen,  narrow, 

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or  vacate,  pave  or  repave,  or  otherwise  improve  streets,  lanes, 
alleys,  boulevards,  crossings,  courts,  and  other  highways  and 
public  places. 

(14)  To  contribute,  whenever  the  public  interest  or  con- 
venience of  the  city  may  require,  toward  the  cost  and  expense 
of  the  construction,  by  any  other  municipality,  or  by  any  county, 
of  any  bridge,  viaduct,  tunnel,  or  other  public  work  or  improve* 
ment,  situated  without,  or  partly  within  and  partly  without,  the 
city,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
ordinance. 

(15)  To  provide,  by  purchase,  lease,  condemnation,  con- 
struction, or  otherwise,  and  to  establish,  own,  equip,  maintain 
and  operate  sewers,  drains,  sewage  farms,  and  any  other  works 
or  plants,  within  or  without  the  city,  for  the  collection,  disposi- 
tion or  purification  of  the  sewage  of  the  storm  waters  of  the 
city. 

(16)  To  acquire,  by  purchase,  condemnation  or  otherwise, 
or  to  lease  and  to  hold,  manage  and  control  property,  both  real 
and  personal,  within  or  without  the  city,  necessary  or  convenient 
for  municipal  purposes,  or  for  the  exercise  of  the  powers  of  the 
corporation. 

To  acquire,  hold  and  own  stock  in  any  corporation  owning, 
controlling  or  operting  any  street  or  interurban  railway  situ- 
ated in  whole  or  in  part  within  the  limits  of  the  city. 

To  receive  bequests,  gifts  and  donations  of  all  kinds  of 
property,  in  fee  simple,  or  in  trust  for  public,  charitable  or 
other  purposes :  and  to  do  all  things  and  acts  necessary  to  carry 
out  the  purposes  of  such  bequests,  gifts  and  donations,  with 
power  to  manage,  sell,  lease,  or  otherwise  handle  or  dispose  of 
the  same,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  bequest,  gift  or 
donation. 

(17)  To  sell,  lease,  convey  or  otherwise  dispose  of  any  or 
all  the  property  of  the  city,  subject  to  the  limitations  and  excep- 
tions elsewhere  in  this  Charter  prescribed,  and  provided  that  the 

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CHARTER     OF     THE 

city  shall  have  no  power  to  mortgage  or  pledge  its  property  for 
any  purpose. 

To  sell  water,  gas,  electric  current  and  all  products  of  any 
public  utility  operated  by  the  city. 

(18)  To  levy  and  collect  taxes  upon  real  and  personal 
property  for  municipal  purposes;  provided  that  the  tax  levied 
for  any  one  year  for  all  municipal  purposes,  other  than  the  pay- 
ment of  interest  on  the  municipal  debt  and  the  redemption  of 
bonds,  shall  not  exceed  one  dollar  on  each  one  hundred  dollars' 
worth  of  taxable  property. 

(19)  To  levy  and  collect,  or  cause  to  be  levied  and  col- 
lected, assessments  upon  property  according  to  frontage,  or  upon 
property  in  districts  according  to  benefits,  to  pay  for  the  im- 
provement of  streets,  or  for  the  construction  in  any  public  street, 
alley  or  other  public  place,  or  in  any  right-of-way  owned  by  the 
city,  of  sewers,  drains,  water  or  gas  mains,  and  lines  and  con- 
duits for  transmitting  electric  current,  and  other  pipes,  mains, 
lines  and  conduits,  or  for  other  public  improvements. 

(20)  To  levy  and  collect  annually  a  water  assessment  upon 
any  lot  or  parcel  of  land  which  abuts  on  any  street,  alley  or 
other  public  place,  or  portion  thereof,  in  which  distributing 
mains  of  the  municipal  water  system  are  laid  in  front  of  such 
lot  or  parcel  of  land,  and  which  property  is  not  supplied  with 
water  therefrom,  for  the  purpose  of  defraying  the  necessary 
expenses  of  conducting  the  department  of  the  city  government 
having  charge  of  the  distribution  of  water,  of  operating  the 
municipal  waterworks,  and  of  making  extensions,  betterments 
and  repairs  of  said  works.  Said  assessments,  as  collected,  shall 
be  deposited  in  the  treasury  of  the  city  to  the  credit  of  the 
fund  known  as  the  water  revenue  fund,  and  shall  be  subject  to 
control  and  expenditure  as  in  the  case  of  other  moneys  in  said 
fund. 

(21)  To  license  and  regulate,  under  general  and  uniform 
laws,  any  lawful  business  or  calling;  to  fix  the  amount  of  li- 
cense  tax   thereon,   and  to   prescribe  the   manner   of  enforcing 

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the  same;  provided,  that  no  discrimination  in  the  amount  of 
Hcense  tax  shall  be  made  between  persons  engaged  in  the  same 
business,  otherwise  than  by  proportioning  the  tax  to  the  amount 
of  business  done.  To  license,  regulate,  restrain,  suppress,  or 
prohibit  any  or  all  laundries,  livery  and  sale  stables,  cattle  and 
horse  corrals,  slaughter  houses,  butcher  shops,  brick  yards, 
dance  halls  or  academies,  public  billiard  or  pool  halls  or  tables, 
bowling  and  tenpin  alleys,  boxing  contents,  sparring  or  other 
exhibitions,  shows,  circuses,  games  and  amusements.  To  license, 
regulate  or  prohibit  the  construction  and  use  of  billboards, 
signs  and  fences. — [Amendment,  1913.] 

(22)  To  suppress  and  prohibit  prizefights,  any  and  all 
forms  of  gambling,  or  fraudulent  devices  or  practices,  and  all 
games  of  chance  and  gambling  houses  or  places ;  and  to  author- 
ize the  confiscation  and  destruction  of  all  instruments  used  for 
gambling,  and  all  articles  or  goods  held,  or  kept  or  offered  for 
sale,  contrary  to  law;  also  to  suppress  and  prohibit  any  and  all 
obnoxious,  offensive,  immoral,  indecent,  disreputable  or  disor- 
derly houses,  practices  or  places  of  business. 

(23)  To  provide  for  the  election  or  appointment  of  offi- 
cers other  than  those  designated  in  this  Charter,  whenever  the 
public  necessity  or  convenience  may  require,  and  prescribe  their 
duties  and  fix  their  compensation;  provided  that  such  duties 
shall  not  include  any  of  the  duties  of  any  officer  designated  in 
this  Charter,  or  of  his  deputies  or  assistants. 

(24)  To  fix  the  salaries  of  all  municipal  officers,  except 
those  whose  salaries  are  fixed  by  this  Charter. 

(25)  To  provide  and  maintain  a  proper  and  efficient  fire 
department,  and  to  prescribe  and  enforce  such  measures,  rules 
and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  and  expedient  for  the  pre- 
vention and  extinguishment  of  fires,  and  for  the  protection  and 
preservation  of  property  endangered  thereby. 

(26)  To  protect  the  property  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  city 
against  inundations. 

(27)  To  provide  for  the  collection  and  disposal  of  garbage, 

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animal  and  vegetable  refuse,  dead  animals,  ashes,  rubbish  and 
waste  matter,  and  all  other  injurious  and  inconvenient  matter. 

(28)  To  provide  for  the  use,  government  and  control  of 
all  property,  buildings,  institutions  and  public  places  of  the  city. 

(29)  To  incur  indebtedness,  by  the  issuance  of  bonds,  for 
any  of  the  purposes  for  which  the  city  is  authorized  to  provide, 
or  for  carrying  out  any  of  the  powers  possessed  by  the  city; 
provided  that,  in  the  procedure  for  the  creation  of  such  bonded 
indebtedness,  and  for  the  issuance  of  such  bonds,  the  general 
laws  of  the  State  of  California,  in  force  at  the  time  such  pro- 
ceedings are  taken,  shall,  so  far  as  applicable,  be  observed  and 
followed. 

(30)  To  fix  the  rates  to  be  charged  and  collected  by  any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  for  water,  gas,  heat,  light,  power, 
refrigeration,  storage,  telephones,  telephone  service,  or  tele- 
phone connections,  or  the  conveyance  of  passengers  or  freight 
by  means  of  ferries,  street  or  interurban  railway  cars,  hacks, 
cabs,  or  other  cars  or  vehicles  for  hire,  or  for  the  products  of 
or  service  by  any  other  public  utility  operated  or  conducted 
within  the  city  limits;  and  to  regulate  and  prescribe  the  extent, 
character  and  quality  of  any  public  utility  service  and  the 
method  of  and  charges  for  making  connections  with  the  prop- 
erty of  patrons  and  consumers;  to  regulate  the  construction 
and  operation  of  works  or  plants  for  the  production,  trans- 
mission or  distribution  of  such  service,  and  the  works  or  plants 
of  any  other  public  utility;  to  prescribe,  regulate  and  control 
the  systems  of  account  of  any  such  public  utility;  to  require 
the  construction,  operation  and  maintenance  of  extensions  neces- 
sary for  the  accommodation  of  the  public  and  the  development 
of  the  city,  or  to  acquire  or  construct  such  extensions,  or  cause 
the  same  to  be  constructed;  and  require  the  owner  or  operator 
of  any  such  utility  to  operate  or  use  such  extensions,  and  to 
have  and  exercise  all  powers  necessary  or  convenient  for  the 
complete  supervision,  control  and  regulation  of  all  public  utili- 
ties and  public  utility  service  in  the  city,  including  all  powers 

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of  control  and  regulation  respecting  the  same  vested  in  the  city 
at  the  time  of  the  approval  hereof  by  the  legislature,  or  there- 
after—  [Amendment,  1913.] 

(31)  To  make  the  violation  of  its  ordinances  a  misde- 
meanor and  to  prescribe  the  punishment  therefor  by  fine  not  to 
exceed  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  to  exceed 
six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;  provided, 
however,  that  any  person  sentenced  to  imprisonment  for  any 
such  violation  may,  upon  the  order  of  the  court  or  magistrate 
before  whom  the  conviction  is  had,  be  committed  to  the  city 
jail,  branch  city  jail,  workhouse,  work  farm,  house  of  correction, 
detention  home  or  other  place  provided  by  the  city  for  the  con- 
finement, detention  or  reformation  of  offenders,  and  that  any 
person,  upon  whom  a  fine  or  penalty  for  any  such  violation  shall 
be  imposed,  may,  upon  the  order  of  the  court  or  magistrate 
before  whom  the  conviction  is  had,  be  so  committed,  until  such 
fine  or  penalty  shall  be  fully  paid,  such  payment  to  be  made  in 
such  manner  as  shall  be  provided  by  ordinance ;  and  provided 
further,  that,  in  the  case  of  any  minor,  judgment  of  fine  or 
imprisonment  for  any  such  violation  may  be  suspended  upon 
any  conviction  had  before  such  court  or  magistrate  upon  such 
terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

(32)  To  provide  for  the  confinement  and  reformation  of 
vagrants,  disorderly  persons  and  persons  convicted  of  violating 
any  city  ordinance,  or  of  committing  any  misdemeanor;  to  make 
provision  for  housing  or  confining  female  offenders  separately 
from  male  offenders,  and  provision  shall  be  made  for  confining 
or  housing  minor  offenders  separately  from  adults;  also  to  pro- 
vide for  the  care,  training  and  reformation  of  minor  offenders, 
delinquents  or  dependents. 

(33)  To  provide  the  places  at  which  elections  shall  be 
held,  to  appoint  the  officers  of  election,  to  provide  regulations 
for  the  purity  of  elections,  including  limitations  upon  the 
amounts   of  money  that  may  be   expended  in  connection   with 

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elections,   and   the  purposes   for   which   money   may   be   so   ex- 
pended.— [Amendment,  1913.] 

(34)  To  make  and  enforce  within  its  Umits  such  local 
police,  sanitary  and  other  regulations  as  are  deemed  expedient 
to  maintain  the  public  peace,  protect  property,  promote  the  pub- 
lic morals  and  to  preserve  the  health  of  its  inhabitants. 

(35)  To  have  and  exercise  jurisdiction  outside  of  the  city, 
as  follows,  to-wit:  Whenever  it  shall  be  authorized  by  the  laws 
of  the  State  of  California,  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  have 
jurisdiction  outside  of  its  territorial  limits,  to  be  exercised  b} 
ordinance,  for  the  following  purposes : 

First:  To  enforce  the  health  and  quarantine  regulations  ol 
the  city  in  and  over  all  places  within  one  mile  beyond  its  limits, 
and  to  make  such  regulations  applicable  to  such  outside  territory. 

Second :  To  control  or  prohibit  the  erection  or  maintenance 
of  crematories,  or  of  any  offensive  or  unwholesome  business  oi 
establishments  within  one  mile  outside  of  the  city  limits,  and  to 
provide  for  the  prevention,  suppression  or  abatement  of 
nuisances  in  such  outside  territory. 

Third:  To  suppress  or  prohibit  houses  of  ill  fame  oj 
assignation. 

Fourth :  To  control  commerce  and  navigation  in  or  upon 
navigable  waters  to  the  extent  of  three  miles  outside  of  the 
limits  of  the  city,  and  to  regulate  the  use  of  such  waters. 

Provided,  however,  that  none  of  the  foregoing  powers  shall 
ever  be  exercised  over  any  territory  or  waters  within  the  limits 
of  any  other  municipal  corporation. 

(36)  To  exercise  all  municipal  powers  necessary  to  the 
complete  and  efficient  management  and  control  of  the  municipal 
property,  and  for  the  efficient  administration  of  the  municipal 
government,  whether  such  powers  be  expressly  enumerated  here- 
in or  not. 

(37)  To  do  all  such  acts  and  exercise  all  such  powers  as 
conduce  to  the  public  welfare. 

(38)  To  permit  the  construction  of  spur  or  side  tracks  and 

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running  cars  thereon,  for  the  purpose  of  connecting  warehouses, 
manufactories  or  other  business  industries  and  enterprises  with 
any  line  of  railroad  or  railway  within  the  city,  upon  such  terms 
and  subject  to  such  regulations  and  conditions  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed from  time  to  time  by  the  council,  such  tracks  to  be  used 
for  transportation  of  freight  only,  and  not  to  be  used  as  a  main 
line  or  a  part  thereof;  and  also  for  the  purpose  of  excavating 
or  filling  in  a  street  or  portion  of  a  street  or  the  adjoining  land, 
and  for  such  limited  time  as  may  be  necessary  for  sucii  purpose 
and  no  longer.  Such  tracks  must  be  laid  and  operated  in  such 
manner  and  under  such  restrictions  as  not  to  interfere  with  the 
use  of  the  streets  by  the  public.  All  permits  granted  under  the 
provisions  hereof  shall  be  revocable  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
council. 

(39)  The  powers  conferred  by  this  article  shall  be  exer- 
cised by  ordinance,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter. 

(40)  To  grant  franchises,  permits,  or  privileges  for  the 
construction  and  operation  of  plants  necessary  or  convenient 
for  furnishing  the  city  and  its  inhabitants  with  transportation, 
communication,  terminal  facilities,  water,  light,  heat,  power, 
refrigeration,  storage,  or  any  other  public  service ;  to  prescribe 
the  terms  and  conditions  of  any  such  grant,  and  to  prescribe 
by  ordinance,  approved  by  a  vote  of  the  people,  the  method  of 
procedure  for  making  such  grants ;  subject,  however,  to  the  limi- 
tations elsewhere  contained  in  this  Charter.  No  such  grant, 
unless  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter,  shall  be  made  for  a 
period  exceeding  twenty- one  years.  No  grant  for  an  extension 
of  an  existing  utility  shall  be  made  for  a  period  beyond  the 
expiration  of  the  franchise  under  which  such  utility  or  the  por- 
tion of  the  utility  with  which  such  extension  is  to  be  connected, 
is  held  or  operated,  nor  in  any  case  for  a  period  longer  than 
twenty-one  years.  The  city  may  by  ordinance,  upon  the  expira- 
tion of  any  franchise  for  a  fixed  or  limited  term,  grant  a  renewal 
thereof  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  three  years  in  any  one  re- 
newal, which  renewal  shall  be  terminable  upon  one  year's  writ- 

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ten  notice  by  the  city.  Such  renewal  shall  not  obligate  the  city 
in  any  manner  over  and  above  the  obligations  assumed  by  the 
city  in  the  original  franchise.  Any  such  renewal  may  be  suc- 
ceeded by  a  similar  renewal,  but  the  sum  total  of  such  renewals 
on  any  given  franchise  shall  not  exceed  twenty-one  years. 

Except  as  otherwise  in  this  Charter  provided,  every  fran- 
chise, permit  or  privilege  for  the  construction,  extension  or 
operation  of  a  public  utility  shall  reserve  to  the  city  the  right 
to  purchase  the  property  of  such  utility,  or  find  a  purchaser 
therefor,  after  a  period  not  exceeding  five  years  from  the  date 
of  the  grant,  upon  one  year's  written  notice,  either  at  an  agreed 
price  or  at  a  price  to  be  determined  in  a  manner  prescribed  in 
the  grant.  In  fixing  in  any  franchise  the  price  to  be  paid  by 
the  city  for  any  utility  no  allowance  shall  be  made  for  franchise 
value,  good  will,  going  concern,  earning  power,  increased  cost 
of  reproduction  or  increased  value  of  right-of-way.  All  such 
grants,  including  grants  of  extensions,  shall  be  by  ordinance 
subject  to  the  referendary  provisions  of  this  Charter. — [Amend- 
ment, 1913.] 

(41)  No  wharf,  dock,  sea-wall,  pier,  mole,  warehouse,  dry- 
dock,  marine  way,  railroad,  interurban  railroad,  street  railway, 
electric  road,  traction  road,  steamship  or  vessel,  or  other  means 
of  transportation,  or  telephone  system,  telegraph  system,  canal, 
conduit,  subway,  water  system,  gas  or  electric  plant  or  system, 
light  or  power  works  or  plant,  or  any  property  used  in  connec- 
tion therewith,  or  any  public  utility,  now  or  hereafter  owned  or 
controlled  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  or  the  right  to  generate 
or  develop  electric  or  other  power  by  means  of  any  water  or 
water  right  now  or  hereafter  owned  or  controlled  by  said  city, 
shall  ever  be  sold,  conveyed,  transferred,  leased,  or  otherwise 
disposed  of,  in  whole  or  in  part,  without  the  assent  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city  voting  on  the  propo- 
sition at  a  general  or  special  election  at  which  such  proposition 
shall  be  lawfully  submitted.  And  no  electric  power  now  or 
hereafter  owned  or  controlled  by  the  city  shall  ever  be  sold, 

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transferred,  leased  or  disposed  of  to  any  person  or  corporation 
for  re-sale,  rental,  disposal  or  distribution  to  consumers,  or 
other  persons,  without  the  assent  of  two-thirds  of  the  qualified 
voters  of  said  city  given  as  aforesaid;  provided,  that  nothing 
in  this  subdivision  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the 
ordinary  sale  and  distribution  by  the  city  of  electric  power, 
belonging  to  the  city,  to  the  inhabitants  thereof,  or  persons 
doing  business  therein,  for  their  own  use,  or  to  prevent  the  dis- 
tribution or  supplying,  by  the  city,  of  surplus  electric  power  not 
required  by  the  city  for  distribution  to  consumers  within  its 
limits,  to  consumers  outside  of  the  limits  of  the  city,  for  their 
own  use,  or  to  other  municipal  corporations  for  municipal  use, 
or  for  re-sale  and  disposal  by  such  municipal  corporations  to 
consumers  within  such  municipalities,  respectively. 

(42)  The  bed  of  the  Los  Angeles  river,  as  now  or  here- 
after defined  and  located,  shall  not,  nor  shall  any  part  thereof, 
ever  be  sold,  granted,  leased,  transferred  or  alienated  in  any 
way;  but  the  whole  thereof  shall  be  kept  at  all  times  for  mu- 
nicipal purposes,  and  no  franchise  or  right  to  use  the  same,  or 
any  part  thereof,  shall  ever  be  granted,  sold,  leased  or  given 
away;  provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  prevent  the  granting, 
by  ordinance,  of  franchises  or  rights  to  cross  said  river  bed,  or 
to  take  sand  or  gravel  therefrom,  or  to  prevent  the  transporta- 
tion by  the  city  over  any  municipal  railroad  constructed  by  said 
city  upon,  across  or  along  said  bed  of  the  Los  Angeles  river, 
of  the  motors,  engines,  cars  or  trains  of  any  private  person, 
firm  or  corporation  operating  any  other  line  or  system  of  rail- 
road, or  to  prevent  the  city  from  permitting  any  such  person, 
firm  or  corporation  to  run  or  operate  motors,  engines,  cars  or 
trains  over  such  municipal  railroad,  the  movement  or  handling 
of  which  motors,  engines,  cars  or  trains  shall  be  subject  at  all 
times  to  the  control  of  the  city,  under  such  terms  and  condi- 
tions, and  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  ordinance ;  such  transportation  by  the  city  over  a 
municipal  railroad,  of  the  motors,  engines,  cars  or  trains  of  any 

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private  person,  firm  or  corporation,  and  permits  to  any  such 
person,  firm  or  corporation  to  run  or  operate  motors,  engines, 
cars  or  trains  over  such  municipal  railroad  to  be  provided  for 
only  under  a  general  ordinance  authorizing  such  transportation 
and  permit  and  allowing  equal  rights  therein  and  thereto,  with- 
out discrimination,  to  all  such  persons,  firms  and  corporations 
applying  for  the  same  in  a  manner  to  be  prescribed  in  such 
ordinance. —  [Amendment,  1913.] 

(43)  To  grant  franchises  to  cross  public  streets  or  ways 
for  street,  interurban  or  other  railroads  operated  on  or  sus- 
pended from  elevated  structures  or  through  subways  on  private 
rights-of-way  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  forty  years,  subject  to 
the  right  of  the  city  to  purchase  all  or  any  part  of  the  property 
of  such  utility,  whether  inside  or  outside  the  city  limits,  or  both, 
or  find  a  purchaser  therefor,  at  the  end  of  the  period  of  such 
grant,  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  specified  in  the  franchise ; 
but  in  no  such  case  shall  any  payment  be  made  on  account  of 
franchise  value,  good  will,  going  concern,  earning  power,  in- 
creased cost  of  reproduction  or  increased  value  of  right-of-way. 
If  the  city  shall  fail  to  exercise  its  option  of  purchasing  the 
property  of  such  utility  at  the  end  of  the  period  of  such  grant, 
then  the  franchise,  if  it  shall  contain  a  provision  for  purchase 
by  the  city,  shall  be  renewed  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  ten 
years.  Such  renewals  shall  be  subject  to  the  right  of  the  city 
to  purchase  the  property  of  the  utility  at  any  time  upon  two 
years'  notice,  upon  the  same  terms  provided  in  the  original 
franchise.  No  franchise  for  an  elevated  structure  or  subway 
shall  be  granted  in  or  along  any  street  or  way  in  a  longitudinal 
direction,  either  above  or  below  the  surface  thereof,  and  every 
right  so  granted  to  cross  any  public  street  or  way  shall  be 
subject  to  the  right  of  the  city  to  regulate  the  crossings  of  sub- 
ways or  elevated  roads;  and  every  ordinance  making  such  a 
grant  shall  reserve  to  the  city,  for  municipal  subways  or  munici- 
pal elevated  roads,  its  choice  of  levels,  or  grades,  such  choice  to 
be  made  therein,  and  such  ordinance  shall  require  that  privately 

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owned  subways  or  elevated  roads  be  so  constructed  as  not  to 
interfere  with  the  levels  for  municipal  subways  or  municipal  ele- 
vated roads  so  chosen  and  reserved,  or  with  the  operation  of 
municipal  lines  upon  such  levels. 

Any  franchise  for  a  subway  to  cross  either  Hill,  Broadway, 
Spring  or  IMain  streets,  shall  reserve,  at  the  crossing  points 
on  said  streets,  to  the  city,  the  upper  subway  level  for  municipal 
subways  and  other  municipal  purposes,  and  shall  grant  only  the 
second  or  lower  subway  level  at  such  crossing  points. 

No  franchise  for  a  subway  shall  require  the  city,  in  the 
event  of  its  purchasing  such  subway,  to  take  surface  property 
or  pay  for  surface  values. —  [Amendment,  1913.] 

(44)  To  create  and  maintain,  and  provide  for  the  dis- 
bursement of  a  fireman's  relief,  health,  life  insurance  and  pen- 
sion fund,  to  be  used  for  the  payment  of  pensions  to  members 
of  the  fire  department  of  the  city  who  shall  be  retired  from  such 
department;  for  the  payment  of  pensions  to  members  of  such 
department  who  shall  become  physically  disabled  by  reason  of 
bodily  injuries  received  in,  or  by  reason  of  sickness  caused  by, 
the  discharge  of  their  duties,  and  for  the  payment  of  pensions 
to  the  widows  and  children  of  members  of  such  fire  department 
who  shall  have  died  from  bodily  injuries  received  or  sickness 
or  disease  contracted  in  the  performance  or  discharge  of  their 
duties.  Said  fund  shall  be  created,  maintained  and  disbursed 
in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

Commencing  with  the  fiscal  year  of  1913  the  City  Council 
shall  appropriate,  create  and  set  apart  for  this  purpose  a  fund 
to  be  called  the  ''Firemen's  Pension  Fund"  out  of  the  revenue 
and  taxes  of  the  city,  and  such  fund  shall  amount  to  not  less 
than  two  and  one-half  per  cent  of  the  total  annual  pay  roll  of 
the  members  of  the  fire  department,  and  shall  immediately  pre- 
scribe by  ordinance  for  the  disbursement  of  said  fund ;  provided, 
that  no  part  of  said  fund  shall  be  created,  maintained,  provided 
or  collected  from  the  salaries  or  wages  of  any  member  or  mem- 
bers of  the  fire  department. 

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The  disbursement  of  said  "Firemen's  Pension  Fund"  as 
provided  for  by  ordinance  shall  be  left  to  the  exclusive  control, 
discretion  and  judgment  of  a  commission  of  three  persons,  to 
be  called  the  ''Firemen's  Pension  Commission,"  the  said  com- 
mission to  consist  of  the  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department, 
the  health  commissioner  and  the  president  of  the  Council.  Said 
commission  shall  make  semi-annual  reports  to  the  City  Council 
of  all  moneys  received  and  disbursed  by  them. — [Amendment, 
1913.] 

(45)  To  create  and  maintain,  and  provide  for  the  dis- 
bursement of  a  policemen's  relief,  health,  life  insurance  and 
pension  fund,  to  be  used  for  the  payment  of  pensions  to  mem- 
bers of  the  police  department  of  the  city  who  shall  be  retired 
from  such  department ;  for  the  payment  of  pensions  to  mem- 
bers of  such  department  who  shall  become  physically  disabled 
by  reason  of  bodily  injuries  received  in,  or  by  reason  of  sick- 
ness caused  by,  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  and  for  the  pay- 
ment of  pensions  to  the  widows  and  children  of  members  of 
such  police  department  who  shall  have  died  from  bodily  in- 
juries received,  or  sickness  or  disease  contracted  in  the  per- 
formance or  discharge  of  their  duties.  Said  fund  shall  be 
created,  maintained  and  disbursed  in  such  manner  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  ordinance. 

Commencing  with  the  fiscal  year  of  1913,  the  City  Council 
shall  appropriate,  create  and  set  apart  for  this  purpose  a  fund 
to  be  called  the  "Policemen's  Pension  Fund"  out  of  the  rev- 
enues and  taxes  of  the  city,  and  such  fund  shall  amount  to 
not  less  than  two  and  one-half  per  cent  of  the  total  annual 
pay  roll  of  the  members  of  the  police  department,  and  shall 
immediately  prescribe  by  ordinance  for  the  disbursement  of 
said  fund ;  provided,  that  no  part  of  said  fund  shall  be  created, 
maintained,  provided  or  collected  from  the  salaries  or  wages 
of  any  member  or  members  of  the  police  department. 

The  disbursement  of  said  "Policemen's  Pension  Fund,"  as 
provided  for  by  ordinance,  shall  be  left  to  the  exclusive  control, 

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discretion  and  judgment  of  a  commission  of  three  persons,  to 
be  called  the  "Policemen's  Pension  Commission,"  the  said  com- 
mission to  consist  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  the  Health  Commis- 
sioner and  the  President  of  the  Council.  Said  commission  shall 
make  semi-annual  reports  to  the  City  Council  of  all  moneys 
received  and  disbursed  by  them. —  [Amendment,  1913.] 

(46)  To  grant  franchises  or  privileges  in,  on,  through, 
across,  under  or  over  any  street,  avenue,  alley,  bridge,  viaduct, 
tunnel,  subway  or  other  public  place,  or  upon  the  water  front 
or  in  or  upon  navigable  waters  within  the  city;  to  prescribe  the 
terms  and  conditions  of  any  such  grant,  and  to  prescribe  by  or- 
dinance the  method  of  procedure  for  making  such  grants;  sub- 
ject, however,  to  the  limitations  elsewhere  contained  in  this 
article. 

(47)  The  City  Council  shall  not  appropriate  or  provide 
any  public  money  for  the  printing,  publication,  sale  or  distribu- 
tion of  a  municipal  newspaper. —  [Amendment,   1913.] 

(48)  To  acquire  private  property  by  excess  condemnation 
when  the  same  shall  be  permitted  by  the  constitution  or  laws  of 
the  State.— [Amendment,  1913.] 

(49)  To  permit  and  control  the  construction  and  mainte- 
nance of  passageways  or  structures  under  or  over  public  alleys 
for  the  purpose  of  connecting  buildings  located  on  abutting 
property. —  [Amendment,  1913.] 

(50)  The  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  have  and  it  is  hereby 
given  and  it  hereby  reserves  unto  itself,  and  the  people  of  the 
city  hereby  reserve  unto  it,  and  the  people  of  the  State  of 
California  hereby  grant  unto  it,  and  said  city  may  hereafter 
exercise  each  and  every  of  the  powers  which  a  municipal  cor- 
poration might  or  could  exercise  under  the  constitution  of  the 
State  of  California;  and  said  city  may  hereafter  acquire,  own, 
hold,  sell,  deal  in,  manage,  operate  or  control  any  office,  de- 
partment, business,  enterprise,  utility,  or  property  which  might 
or  could  be  acquired,  owned,  held,  sold,  dealt  in,  managed, 
operated  or  controlled  by  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  what- 

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soever;  provided,  that  under  the  authorization  of  this  subdi- 
vision the  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  not  engage  in  any  purely 
commercial  or  industrial  enterprise  not  now  engaged  in  by  the 
city,  except  on  the  approval  of  a  majority  of  the  electors  voting 
thereon  at  an  election.  By  the  insertion  in  this  Charter  of  the 
sentence  next  preceding  the  present  sentence,  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles  and  the  people  thereof  intend,  and  the  people  of  the 
State  of  California,  acting  by  and  through  the  Legislature 
thereof  in  ratifying  this  Charter,  intend  that  the  said  sentence 
shall  be,  and  is  hereby  declared  to  be,  an  express  grant  of  the 
powers  referred  to  therein,  without  a  more  specific  enumeration 
or  designation. —  [Amendment,  1913.] 


ARTICLE   n. 
[Amendment,   1911.] 

OFFICERS    OF    THE    MUNICIPALITY. 

Sec.  3.     The  officers  of  the  city  shall  be: 

A   Mayor. 

Nine  Councilmen. 

A  City  Clerk. 

A  City  Treasurer. 

A  City  Auditor. 

A  City  Tax  and  License  Collector. 

A  City  School  Superintendent. 

Seven    Members    of   the    Board    of    Education. 

Five   Directors   of  the  Los  Angeles   Public   Library. 

A  City  Assessor. 

A  City  Engineer. 

A  City  Attorney. 

A  City  Prosecutor. 

Three  Police  Commissioners. 

A  Chief  of  Police. 


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Three  Fire  Commissioners. 

A  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department. 

A  Heahh  Commissioner. 

Five  PubHc  Service  Commissioners. 

A  Chief  Engineer  of  Water  Works. 

An  Electrical  Engineer. 

Three  Park  Commissioners. 

Three  Commissioners  of  Public  Works. 

A  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works. 

A  Purchasing  Agent. 

Three  Commissioners  of  Public  Utilities. 

Three  Harbor  Commissioners. 

Five  Playground  Commissioners. 

Nine  Municipal  Art  Commissioners. 

Sec.  4.  The  following  officers  shall  be  elected  by  the 
electors  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  at  large: 

The  Mayor. 

The  City  Attorney. 

The  City  Auditor. 

The  City  Assessor. 

Seven  Members  of  the  Board  -of  Education,  and 

Nine  Members  of  the  Council. 

Sec.  5.  All  elective  officers  shall  hold  their  offices  for  a 
term  of  two  years,  commencing  on  the  first  Monday  in  July 
next  succeeding  their  election,  at  twelve  o'clock  noon ;  provided, 
hozvez'er,  that  the  term  of  office  of  the  present  elective  officers 
of  the  city  shall  expire  on  the  first  Monday  in  July,  1913. — 
[Amendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  6.  The  Mayor  shall  appoint  a  Clerk  of  the  Mayor,  the 
Chief  of  Police,  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department,  and 
the  Health  Commissioner.  He  shall  also  appoint,  subject  to 
confirmation  by  a  majority  of  the  Council,  the  officers  of  the 
municipality  mentioned  in  this  Charter  whose  appointments  are 
not  otherwise  -specifically  provided  for  herein. 

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Sec.  7.  The  City  School  Superintendent  shall  be  appointed 
by  the  Board  of  Education. 

Sec.  8.  An  office  becomes  vacant  when  the  incumbent  there- 
of dies,  resigns,  is  adjudged  insane,  convicted  of  a  felony,  or  of 
an  offense  involving  a  violation  of  his  official  duties,  or  is  re- 
moved from  office,  or  fails  to  qualify  within  ten  days  from  the 
time  he  receives  his  certificate  of  election  or  appointment,  or 
shall  have  been  absent  from  the  city  without  the  consent  of  the 
Council  for  more  than  sixty  consecutive  days,  or  ceases  to  be  a 
resident  of  the  city,  where  residence  therein  is,  by  this  Charter, 
made  a  qualification  for  the  office. 

Sec.  9.  All  appointed  officers  of  the  city  shall,  unless  other- 
wise provided  in  this  Charter,  hold  their  offices  for  a  term  of 
four  years,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  quali- 
fied; provided,  that  the  appointing  power  shall  have  the  power 
of  removal  in  all  cases.  Where  confirmation  is  required,  the 
assent  of  the  confirming  body  shall  be  requisite  for  removal. 

The  Council  may  suspend  any  elective  officer,  and  the  ap- 
pointing power  may  suspend  any  appointive  officer,  pending 
trial,  against  whom  criminal  proceedings,  based  on  malfeasance 
or  misdemeanor  in  office,  or  civil  action  for  the  recovery  of 
money  due  the  city  has  been  commenced,  and  appoint  a  sub- 
stitute for  such  officer  during  such  suspension. 

In  all  voting  upon  the  appointment,  confirmation,  suspen- 
sion and  removal  of  officers,  the  members  of  the  Council,  or 
other  body  appointing,  confirming,  suspending  or  removing, 
shall  vote  by  open  ballot  or  call  of  roll,  and  the  ballot  or  vote  of 
each  member  shall  be  spread  upon  the  minutes. 

Sec.  10.  Every  officer  provided  for  in  this  Charter  shall, 
before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office, 
take  and  subscribe  to  the  following  oath  or  affirmation :  "I  do 
solemnly  swear  (or  affirm,  as  the  case  may  be)  that  I  will  sup- 
port the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  the  Constitution 
of  the  State  of  California,  and  that  I  will  faithfully  discharge 

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the  duties  of  the  office  of  (here  inserting  the  name  of  the 
office)  according  to  the  best  of  my  ability." 

Sec.  11.  No  member  of  the  Council  shall,  during  the  term 
for  which  he  shall  have  been  elected,  be  eligible  to  any  office  to 
be  filled,  or  appointment  to  which  is  subject  to  confirmation,  by 
the  Council;  nor  shall  any  member  of  the  Council  be  selected 
to  fill  any  vacancy  that  may  occur  in  any  other  office  where 
such  a  vacancy  is  to  be  filled,  or  appointment  to  which  is 
subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Council. 

Sec.  11a.  The  Council  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to 
issue  instructions  to  any  appointive  administrative  board,  com- 
mission or  officer  of  the  city,  except  to  the  Board  of  Civil 
Service  Commissioners;  provided,  that  such  instructions  shall 
relate  to  and  not  be  inconsistent  with  the  duties,  as  prescribed 
by  the  Charter  or  otherwise  by  law,  of  the  board,  commission 
or  officer  so  instructed,  and  shall  not  be  in  conflict  with  or 
restraint  of  any  instructions  or  delegation  of  authority  made 
to  any  such  board,  commission  or  officer  by  any  ordinance 
approved  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  electors  of  the  city  hereto- 
fore or  hereafter  voting  thereon  at  an  election.  The  failure  of 
any  board,  commission  or  officer  to  obey  any  instruction  issued 
by  the  Council  under  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  in 
addition  to  any  other  cause  provided  by  law,  constitute  cause 
for  the  removal  from  office  of  any  official  so  failing  to  obey  such 
instruction. 

Immediately  after  the  first  Monday  in  July,  1913,  all  the 
functions  of  the  government  of  the  city  shall,  by  ordinance,  be 
divided  or  grouped  into  nine  divisions,  and  each  member  of  the 
Council  shall,  as  provided  in  such  ordinance,  be  the  Council 
committeeman  for  one  of  such  divisions.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  each  such  committeeman  to  be  fully  informed  of  the  business 
of  the  city  included  within  the  division  to  which  he  is  assigned, 
and  to  report  to  the  Council  such  information  or  recommenda- 
tions concerning  the  business  of  such  division  as  shall  be  neces- 
sary to  enable  the  Council  properly  to  legislate  for  such  divi- 

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sion.  Each  Council  committeeman  shall,  as  such  committeeman, 
have  no  administrative  control  over  the  various  functions  of  the 
city  government  embraced  within  the  division  to  which  he  is 
assigned,  but  shall  perform  the  duties  of  investigation  for  and 
recommendation  to  the  Council  in  its  work  of  legislation,  and 
the  administration  of  all  the  branches  of  the  city  government 
embraced  within  the  said  nine  subdivisions  shall  continue  to 
be  vested  in  the  officials  duly  elected  or  appointed  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  this  Charter. —  [Amendment,  1913.] 


ARTICLE  III. 

POWERS    AND   DUTIES    OF    THE    COUNCIL. 

Sec.  12.  All  legislative  power  of  the  city,  except  as  herein- 
after otherwise  provided,  is  vested  in  the  Council,  subject  to  the 
power  of  veto  and  approval  by  the  Mayor,  as  hereinafter  given, 
and  shall  be  exercised  by  ordinance ;  other  action  of  the  Council 
may  be  by  order  upon  motion. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  13.  The  said  Council,  consisting  of  nine  Councilmen, 
elected  as  herein  provided,  is  the  governing  body  of  the  city, 
and  shall  meet  daily,  Sundays  and  holidays  excepted,  and  shall 
by  ordinance  provide  for  the  manner,  time  and  place  of  holding 
all  regular  and  special  meetings. — [Amendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  14.  The  Council  shall  meet  in  the  City  Hall  of  the 
city.  The  records  of  its  proceedings  shall  be  open  for  inspec- 
tion during  usual  office  hours. 

Sec.  15.  The  enacting  clause  of  all  ordinances  shall  be  sub- 
stantially as  follows:  ''The  Mayor  and  Council  of  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles  do  ordain  as  follows:" 

Sec.  16.  Six  members  of  the  Council  shall  constitute  a 
quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  but  no  ordinance  shall 
be  passed  or  other  act  done  granting  a  franchise,  making  any 
contract,  auditing  any  bill,  ordering  any  work  to  be  done,  or  sup- 

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plies  to  be  furnished,  disposing  of  or  leasing  the  city  property, 
ordering  any  assessment  for  street  improvement,  or  building 
sewers,  or  any  other  act  to  be  done  involving  the  paying  of 
money,  or  the  incurring  of  debt  by  the  city,  unless  two-thirds  of 
the  members  of  the  whole  Council  vote  in  favor  thereof.  AH 
other  ordinances  may  be  passed  by  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  the 
whole  Council. 

Sec.  17.  /\11  bonds  of  officers  must  be  approved  by  the 
Council,  as  also  the  bonds  of  any  contractors  with  the  city, 
except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter.  The  City  Clerk 
shall  indorse  upon  bonds  approved  by  the  Council  the  date  of 
their  approval,  which  indorsement  shall  be  signed  by  the  pre- 
siding officer  of  the  Council  and  the  City  Clerk. 

No  officer  of  the  city  shall  be  a  surety  on  any  bond  given 
to,  or  for  the  benefit  of  the  city. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  18.  No  member  of  the  Council  shall  be  financially 
interested,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  contract,  sale  or  trans- 
action to  which  the  city  is  party.  No  city  official  shall  vote 
on  or  participate  in  any  contract  or  transaction  in  which  he  is 
directly  or  indirectly  financially  interested.  No  city  official 
shall  be  financially  interested,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any 
contract,  sale,  or  transaction  to  which  the  city  is  a  party  and 
which  comes  before  said  official,  or  the  department  of  the  gov- 
ernment with  which  he  is  connected,  for  official  action.  If  any 
officer  of  the  city  shall,  during  the  term  for  which  he  was 
elected  or  appointed,  so  vote  or  participate,  he  shall,  upon  con- 
viction thereof,  forfeit  his  office  and  be  punished  for  misde- 
meanor. Any  contract  or  transaction  hereinabove  mentioned  in 
which  any  officer  of  the  city  shall  be  or  become  financially  in- 
terested shall  become  void  at  the  election  of  the  city,  to  be 
declared  by  resolution  of  the  Council. — [Amendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  19.  The  City  Clerk  shall  be  present  at  the  meeting  of 
the  Council  during  its  sessions. 

Sec.  20.  The  meetings  of  the  Council  shall  be  public,  and 
a  journal  of  the  proceedings  shall  be  kept  by  the  Clerk  under 

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its  direction,  and  the  ayes  and  noes  shall  be  taken  and  entered 
in  the  journal  in  the  final  action  upon  the  granting  of  fran- 
chises, making  of- contracts,  auditing  bills,  ordering  work  to  be 
done  or  supplies  furnished,  disposing  of  or  leasing  city  prop- 
erty, the  passage  of  any  ordinance,  the  ordering  of  assessments 
for  street  improvements,  or  building  of  sewers,  or  upon  any 
other  act  that  may  involve  the  payment  of  money,  or  the  in- 
curring of  a  debt  by  the  city,  and  upon  the  payment  of  the  sal- 
aries of  the  municipal  officers;  and  in  all  other  cases  upon  the 
call  of  any  member. 

Sec.  21.  The  Council  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  election 
and  qualifications  of  its  members.  It  shall  elect  one  of  its  mem- 
bers as  its  presiding  officer,  who  shall  be  styled  the  President 
of  the  Council,  and  who  shall,  in  case  of  sickness  of  the  Mayor 
or  his  absence  from  the  city,  act  as  the  Mayor  of  the  city.  The 
Council  shall  have  power  to  prescribe  the  rules  of  its  proceed- 
ings, and  to  preserve  order  at  its  meetings,  and  may  punish 
contemptuous  or  disorderly  conduct  committed  in  its  presence 
by  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  ex- 
ceeding ten  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. — 
[Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  22.  It  shall  prescribe  by  ordinance  the  duties  of  all 
officers  whose  duties  are  not  defined  by  this  Charter,  and  it  may 
by  ordinance  prescribe  for  any  officer  duties  other  than  those 
herein  prescribed  and  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this 
Charter,  and  may  fix  the  hours  during  which  the  public  office 
of  any  city  officer  shall  be  kept  open,  if  not  otherwise  herein 
provided. 

Sec.  23.  It  shall,  except  as  otherwise  provided  herein,  pro- 
vide suitable  rooms  and  offices  for  the  courts,  boards  and  officers 
of  the  city,  and  such  furniture,  fuel,  lights,  stationery  and  other 
supplies  as  are  necessary  for  the  transaction  of  the  public  busi- 
ness.— [Amendment,   1911.] 

Sec.  24.  It  shall  by  ordinance  regulate  the  entrance  to  and 
exits   from  theatres,  lecture  rooms,  churches,  public  halls,  and 

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public  buildings  of  every  kind,  and  prohibit  the  placing  of 
chairs,  benches  or  other  obstructions  in  the  hall,  aisles  or  open 
places  therein. 

Sec.  25.  It  may,  by  ordinance,  declare  what  constitutes  a 
nuisance,  and  provide  for  the  abatement  and  removal  thereof. 

Sec.  26.  It  shall  make  such  arrangements  as  it  may  deem 
best  for  the  care  and  custody  and  feeding  of  all  persons  im- 
prisoned by  municipal  authority,  or  sentenced  to  imprisonment 
by  the  Police  Courts,  and  may,  by  ordinance,  require  all  persons 
so  imprisoned  or  sentenced  to  imprisonment  to  work  for  the  city 
within  or  without  any  city  jail,  branch  city  jail,  work  house, 
work  farm,  house  of  correction,  detention  home,  or  any  other 
place  provided  by  the  city  for  the  confinement  or  reformation 
of  offenders,  not  exceeding  eight  hours  each  working  day; 
provided,  however,  that  for  such  work  the  person  so  employed 
shall  be  allowed  two  dollars  for  each  day's  work,  on  account 
of  such  fine  or  penalty. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  27.  It  shall,  by  ordinance,  regulate,  and  may  prohibit^ 
the  keeping  of  gunpowder,  acids  or  other  explosive,  combustible 
or  inflammable  material  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  or  any 
specified  part  thereof. 

Sec.  28.  It  shall  provide  for  the  surveys  of  streets  and 
blocks  of  land  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  and  may,  by  ordi- 
nance, declare  such  surveys  official,  and  may  compel  all  persons 
to  conform  to  the  streets  as  they  are  now  or  may  be  hereafte? 
lawfully  established  and  declared  official,  or  otherwise  dedicated. 

It  may,  by  ordinance,  provide  for  making  and  establishing 
surveys  and  plans  of  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  boulevards,  courts  and 
other  public  places  proposed  to  be  laid  out,  opened,  widened, 
straightened  or  extended  by  the  city  within  its  limits,  prescribe 
the  method  of  procedure  therefor,  and  require  owners  of  prop- 
erty to  conform,  to  such  surveys  and  plans  in  platting  or  subdi- 
viding their  lands  and  in  making  improvements  thereon. — 
[Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  29.     It  shall,  by  ordinance,  establish  stands  for  hacks, 

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public  carriages,  automobiles,  express  wagons  and  other  vehicles 
for  hire,  and  require  a  schedule  of  the  charges  of  any  such  hack, 
carriage,  automobile,  express  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  to  be 
posted  therein. — [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  30.  It  shall,  by  ordinance,  establish  fire  districts,  and 
determine  the  character  and  height  of  buildings  that  may  be 
erected  therein,  and  the  nature  of  the  materials  to  be  used  in 
the  construction,  alteration  or  repair  of  such  buildings,  or  in 
the  repair  or  alteration  of  existing  buildings  within  such  districts. 

It  shall,  by  ordinance,  regulate  the  construction  of  and  the 
materials  used  in  all  buildings,  chimneys,  stacks,  scaffolding, 
staging  and  false  work  and  other  structures ;  prevent  the  erec- 
tion and  maintenance  of  insecure  or  unsafe  buildings,  walls, 
chimneys,  stacks  or  other  structures,  and  provide  for  their 
summary  abatement  or  destruction ;  regulate  the  materials  used 
in  and  the  method  of  construction  of  foundations  and  foundation 
walls,  the  manner  of  construction  and  location  of  drains  and 
sewers,  the  materials  used  in  wiring  buildings  or  other  struc- 
tures  for  the  use  of  electricity  for  lighting,  power,  heat  or  other 
purposes,  and  the  materials  used  in,  and  the  method  of  piping 
buildings,  or  other  structures,  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the 
same  with  water,  steam,  oil  or  gas ;  and  prohibit  the  construc- 
tion of  buildings  and  structures  which  do  not  conform  to  such 
regulations. — [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  30-a.  No  building  shall  be  erected  within  said  city  of 
a  height  exceeding  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet,  except  public 
buildings  and  monuments,  and  except  spires,  domes  and  towers 
of  houses  of  religious  worship,  when  authorized  by  ordinance 
passed  by  two-thirds  vote  of  the  Council ;  and  except  other 
structures  or  buildings,  or  parts  of  buildings,  not  designed  for 
business,  manufacturing  or  commercial  purposes,  when  author- 
ized by  ordinance  adopted  by  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  quali- 
fied electors  of  the  city  voting  thereon  at  an  election  at  which 
such  ordinance  may  be  submitted. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  31.     It  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to  regulate  the 

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size,  quality  and  location  of  all  water  pipes,  gas  pipes  and  all 
other  pipes  and  conduits  laid  or  constructed  in  the  streets,  high- 
ways and  public  places  of  the  city,  and  to  require  the  filing  of 
charts  and  maps  of  such  pipes  and  conduits;  also  to  regulate  or 
prohibit  the  placing  or  maintaining  of  poles  and  the  suspending 
of  wires  along  or  across  any  of  the  streets,  highways  and  public 
places  of  the  city,  and  to  cause  the  removal  and  placing  under 
ground  of  all  telephone,  telegraph,  electric  light,  or  other  wires, 
within  the  city,  or  within  any  designated  portion  thereof. — 
[Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  32.  It  shall,  by  ordinance,  provide  for  the  naming  of 
streets  and  numbering  of  houses,  and  for  regulating  or  prevent- 
ing the  exhibition  of  banners,  flags  or  placards  across  the  streets 
or  sidewalks,  and  for  regulating  or  suppressing  public  criers, 
advertising,  ringing  of  bells  and  other  noises. 

It  shall,  by  ordinance,  forbid  the  erection  or  display  on  any 
building  or  property  of  the  city,  of  any  banner,  device  or  flag  of 
any  State  or  Nation  except  that  of  the  United  States,  the  State 
of  California,  or  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 

It  may,  by  ordinance,  authorize  the  expenditure  of  money, 
not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  in  any  one  fiscal 
year,  for  the  proper  celebration  of  the  anniversary  of  the  decla- 
ration of  national  independence,  and  such  other  public  celebra- 
tions, events  or  demonstrations  as  the  Council  may  deem  proper. 

It  may,  by  ordinance,  authorize  the  offering  of  rewards  for 
the  apprehension  and  conviction  of  any  person  who  may  have 
committed  a  felony  in  the  city,  and  for  the  recovery  of  lost 
property  of  the  city,  and  provide  for  the  payment  of  such 
rewards. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  33.  It  shall,  by  ordinance,  provide  for  maintaining  a 
fire  alarm  and  police  telegraph  system,  and  for  the  cleaning  and 
sprinkling  of  graded  and  accepted  streets. 

Sec.  34.  It  shall,  by  ordinance,  regulate  the  speed  of  rail- 
road trains,  engines  or  cars,  street,  or  other  railroad  cars,  auto- 
mobiles and  other  vehicles  in  the  city,  and  require  persons,  firms 

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or  corporations,  operating  railroads  or  street  or  other  railroads, 
to  station  flagmen,  place  gates,  or  construct  bridges,  viaducts, 
tunnels  or  subways,  at  railroad  crossings,  as  the  Council  may 
deem  proper. — [Amendment,  1909.] 

Sec.  35.  It  shall,  by  ordinance,  regulate  the  length  of  rail- 
way trains  which  may  pass  along  the  public  streets  or  highways, 
and  prohibit  the  making  up  of  railway  trains  on  the  public 
streets  and  the  stopping  of  trains  on  street  crossings. — [Amend- 
ment, 1911.] 

Sec.  36.  It  shall,  by  ordinance,  provide  for  the  removal  of 
all  rubbish,  garbage,  refuse  matter,  and  of  all  material  detri- 
mental to  the  public  health,  and  at  such  time  as  it  will  be  the 
best  for  the  public  good. 

Sec.  36-a.  The  Council  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to 
provide  for  the  planting,  maintenance,  or  care  of  shade  and  orna- 
mental trees  in  streets  and  other  public  places,  and  for  the  re- 
moval of  unsightly  and  dead  trees  therefrom;  and  to  make  the 
cost  thereof  a  lien  and  charge  upon  the  abutting  property,  and 
to  make  provision  for  the  enforcement  of  such  lien. 

Sec.  36-b.  The  Council  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to 
provide  for  the  removal,  from  private  lands  or  lots,  of  weeds, 
rubbish,  or  any  other  material  which  may  endanger  or  injure 
neighboring  property,  or  the  health  or  welfare  of  the  residents 
of  the  vicinity ;  to  make  the  cost  thereof  a  lien  and  charge  upon 
such  lands  or  lots,  and  to  make  provision  for  the  enforcement  of 
such  lien. 

Sec.  36-c.  The  Council  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to 
require  the  owners  of  real  property  in  the  city  to  remove  grass, 
weeds  or  obstructions  from  the  public  sidewalks  in  front  of  their 
property,  and,  upon  their  default,  to  cause  such  work  to  be  done 
and  the  cost  thereof  to  be  made  a  lien  and  charge  upon  such 
property,  and  to  make  provision  for  the  enforcement  of  such 
lien. 

Sec.  36-d.  The  Council  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to 
require  the  owners  of  real  property  fronting  upon  any  street, 

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lane,  alley  or  other  public  place,  in  which  there  are  sewers,  water 
or  gas  mains  or  other  mains  or  conduits,  to  connect  their  several 
premises  therewith  before  such  street,  lane,  alley  or  other  public 
place,  or  the  portion  thereof  upon  which  such  property  fronts,  is 
paved  or  otherwise  improved,  and,  upon  their  default,  cause  such 
connections  to  be  made  and  to  make  the  cost  thereof  a  lien  and 
charge  upon  the  property  so  connected,  and  to  make  provision 
for  the  enforcement  of  such  lien. 

Sec.  36-e.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter, 
or  in  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  CaUfornia,  the  Council 
shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to  regulate  and  control,  for  any 
and  every  purpose,  the  use  of  the  streets,  lanes,  alleys,  courts 
and  sidewalks,  and  other  public  places  of  the  city. 

Sec.  36-f.  The  Council  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to 
set  apart  as  a  boulevard,  or  boulevards,  any  street  or  streets,  or 
portions  thereof,  and  to  make  regulations  for  the  use  of  the 
same. 

Sec.  36-g.  The  Council  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to 
provide  for  the  licensing  of  dogs,  the  seizure  and  impounding  of 
unlicensed  dogs,  the  care  and  protection  of  lost,  strayed  or 
homeless  dogs,  for  the  protection  of  the  public  against  dogs, 
and  the  destruction  of  dangerous  or  vicious  dogs,  whether  li- 
censed or  not;  to  authorize  contracts  to  be  made  in  the  name 
of  the  city  for  the  care  or  protection  of,  or  the  prevention  of 
cruelty  to  animals,  for  the  capture  and  impounding  of  all  un- 
licensed dogs,  and  the  maintenance  of  a  shelter  for  lost,  strayed, 
or  homeless  dogs;  provided,  however,  that  the  compensation  to 
be  paid  therefor  must  not  exceed,  in  any  one  year,  the  amount 
collected  by  the  city  from  the  payment  of  licenses  for  dogs 
during  such  year. —  [Amendment,  1909.] 

Sec.  36-h.  It  may,  by  ordinance,  provide  for  the  creation 
and  organization  of  a  commission  on  the  city  plan,  to  serve 
without  compensation,  and  prescribe  the  powers  and  duties  of 
such  commission. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  36-i.     It  shall,  by  ordinance,  regulate  the  amounts  to 

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be  paid,  loaned,  contributed  or  expended,  or  otherwise  provided, 
directly  or  indirectly,  to,  for  or  by  candidates  for  nomination  for 
elective  offices  voted  for  at  primary  nominating  elections,  or 
services  of  any  kind  to  be  rendered  to  or  for  such  candidates,  in 
order  to  secure  or  aid  in  securing  their  nomination,  and  regulate 
the  amounts  to  be  paid,  contributed  or  expended,  directly  or 
indirectly,  to,  for  or  by  candidates  voted  for  at  any  general  elec- 
tion, or  services  of  any  kind  to  be  rendered  to  or  for  such  can- 
didates in  aid  of  their  election,  and  provide  suitable  penalties  for 
the  violation  of  such  regulations. — [Amendment,   1911.] 

Sec.  37.  Every. ordinance  which  shall  have  been  passed  by 
the  Council  shall,  before  it  becomes  effective,  be  signed  by  the 
City  Clerk  or  other  person  authorized  by  the  Council  to  sign 
the  same  on  its  behalf,  and  be  presented  to  the  Mayor  for  his 
approval  and  signature,  if  he  approves  it;  if  not,  he  shall  in- 
dorse thereon  the  date  of  the  presentation  to  him  and  shall 
return  it  to  the  City  Clerk  with  his  objections  in  writing.  The 
City  Clerk  shall  indorse  thereon  the  date  of  its  return  to  him, 
and  shall  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Council  thereafter  present 
the  same,  with  the  objections  of  the  Mayor,  to  that  body.  There- 
upon the  Council  shall  proceed  to  reconsider  the  passage  of  the 
ordinance.  Upon  such  reconsideration,  in  all  cases  where  the 
votes  of  two-thirds  of  the  whole  Council  are  required  to  pass 
the  ordinance  in  the  first  instance,  it  shall  require  the  votes  of 
three-quarters  of  the  whole  Council  to  pass  the  ordinance  over 
the  Mayor's  veto.  In  all  other  cases  it  shall  require  the  votes 
of  two- thirds  of  the  whole  Council  to  pass  the  ordinance  over 
the  veto.  The  vote,  in  all  cases  of  reconsideration,  shall  be  by 
ayes  and  noes,  and  the  names  of  the  members  voting  for  or 
against  shall  be  entered  upon  the  journal. 

Sec.  37-a.  If  any  ordinance  be  presented  to  the  Mayor  con- 
taining several  items  appropriating  money  or  fixing  a  tax  levy, 
he  may  object  to  one  or  more  items  separately,  while  approving 
other  portions  of  the  ordinance.  In  such  case  he  shall  append 
to  the  ordinance  at  the  time  of  signing  it  a  statement  of  the 

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item  or  items  to  which  he  objects  and  the  reasons  therefor,  and 
the  item  or  items  so  objected  to  shall  not  take  effect  unless 
passed  by  the  Council,  notwithstanding  the  Mayor's  objection. 
Each  item  so  objected  to  shall  be  separately  reconsidered  by  the 
Council  in  the  same  manner  as  ordinances  which  have  been  dis- 
approved by  the  Mayor. — [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  38.  If  any  ordinance  shall  not  be  returned  to  the  City 
Clerk  by  the  Mayor,  with  his  objections  in  writing,  within  ten 
days  after  it  shall  have  been  presented  to  him,  it  shall  become 
effective  and  be  as  valid  as  if  the  Mayor  had  approved  and 
signed  it. 

Sec.  38-a.  All  lawful  city  ordinances,  resolutions  and  regu- 
lations in  force  at  the  time  this  section  takes  effect,  and  not  in- 
consistent with  the  provisions  of  this  Charter,  are  hereby  con- 
tinued in  force  until  the  same  shall  be  duly  amended  or  re- 
pealed.—  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  39.  All  ordinances  finally  adopted  under  the  provision 
of  this  Charter  shall  be  published  in  the  English  language  by  at 
least  one  insertion  in  some  daily  newspaper  printed  and  pub- 
lished in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  or  by  posting  for  at  least 
ten  days  in  three  public  places  in  said  city,  and  until  and  with- 
out such  publication  or  posting  no  ordinance  shall  be  valid  or 
take  effect. 

Sec.  39-a.  Xo  ordinance  shall  be  passed  finally  on  the  day 
it  is  introduced,  but  the  same  shall  be  paid  over  for  one  week, 
unless  approved  by  unanimous  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the 
Council  present,  provided  there  shall  be  not  less  than  seven 
members  present. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  40.  The  Council  shall  also  have  full  power  to  pass 
ordinances  upon  any  other  subject  of  municipal  control  or  to 
carry  into  eft'ect  any  other  powers  of  the  municipality. 


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ARTICLE  IV. 

POWERS    AND    DUTIES    OF    OFFICERS. 
MAYOR. 

Sec.  41.  The  Mayor  is  the  executive  officer  of  the  corpora- 
tion, and  must  exercise  a  careful  supervision  over  all  its  affairs. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor,  annually,  at  the  first  meet- 
ing of  the  Council  under  this  Charter,  and  on  the  first  meeting 
in  January  of  each  year  thereafter,  to  communicate  by  message 
to  the  Council  a  general  statement  of  the  condition  and  affairs 
of  the  corporation,  and  to  recommend  the  adoption  of  such 
measures  as  he  may  deem  expedient  and  proper;  and  to  make 
such  special  communication  to  the  Council  from  time  to  time  as 
he  shall  deem  expedient. 

It  shall  be  his  further  duty  to  be  vigilant  and  active  in  the 
enforcement  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city ;  to  exercise  a  constant 
supervision  over  the  acts  and  conduct  of  all  its  officers  and 
employees;  to  receive  and  examine  into  all  complaints  made 
against  them  for  violation  or  neglect  of  duty,  and  certify  the 
same  to  the  Council,  or  proper  board. 

And  he  shall  perform  such  other  duties  and  have  such  other 
powers  as  are  elsewhere  in  this  Charter,  or  by  ordinance,  im- 
posed upon  or  granted  to  him. 

CITY    CLERK. 

Sec.  42.  The  City  Clerk  shall  have  the  custody  of,  and  be 
responsible  for,  all  books,  papers,  records  and  archives  belonging 
to  the  city,  not  in  actual  use  by  other  officers,  or  elsewhere  by 
special  provision  committed  to  their  custody. 

He  shall  be  present  at  each  meeting  of  the  Council,  and 
keep  a  record  of  its  proceedings. 

He  shall  keep  separate  books  in  which  respectively  he  shall 
record  all  ordinances  and  contracts  and  official  bonds. 

He  shall  keep  all  the  books  properly  indexed,  and  open  to 
public  inspection  when  not  in  actual  use. 

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He  shall  make  out,  sign  and  deliver  to  the  City  Auditor  all 
licenses  other  than  building  permits,  and  perform  such  other 
duties  as  are,  or  shall  be,  imposed  by  this  Charter,  or  by  ordi- 
nance. He  shall  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  duties  of  ^  his 
office. 

CITY  AUDITOR. 

Sec.  43.  The  City  Auditor  shall  be  the  general  accountant 
of  the  city,  and  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  over  all  of 
the  officers,  boards  and  commissions  of  the  city  charged  in  any 
manner  with  the  receipt,  collection  or  disbursement  of  the 
moneys  of  the  city.  He  shall  have  power  to  prescribe  the 
method  of  installing,  keeping  and  rendering  all  accounts  of  the 
several  officers,  boards  or  commissioners  of  the  city;  provided, 
however,  that  any  change  of  the  system  of  accounting  shall '^ 
first  be  authorized  by  the  Council. 

The  City  Auditor  shall  keep  in  his  office  a  complete  set  of 
accounts,  which  shall  show,  at  all  times,  the  financial  condition 
of  the  city  and  the  state  of  each  fund,  from  what  source  the 
money  was  derived,  and  for  what  purpose  any  money. was  ex- 
pended. 

He  shall,  on  application  of  any  person  indebted  to  the 
city,  holding  money  payable  into  the  City  Treasury,  or  desiring 
to  pay  money  therein,  certify  to  the  City  Treasurer  the  amount 
thereof,  to  what  fund  applicable,  and  by  whom  to  be  paid.  He 
shall  upon  the  deposit  of  the  receipt  of  the  City  Treasurer  for 
money  paid  into  the  City  Treasury,  charge  the  City  Treasurer 
with  the  amount  received  by  him,  and  give  the  person  paying 
the  same  a  receipt  therefor. 

It  shall  be  his  duty  to  apportion  among  the  several  funds 
all  public  money  at  any  time  in  the  City  Treasury,  not  by  law 
or  ordinance  specifically  apportioned  and  appropriated,  and 
forthwith  notify  hte  City  Treasurer  of  such  apportionment  or 
appropriation.  He  shall  countersign  and  deliver  to  the  proper 
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He  shall  report  to  the  Council  at  its  second  regular  meet- 
ing of  each  month  the  condition  of  each  fund  in  the  City  Treas- 
ury and  the  amount  drawn  from  each  fund  during  the  pre- 
ceding month,  and  shall  render  to  the  Council  such  other  or 
special  reports  as  it  may  from  time  to  time  require. 

He  shall  make  and  present  a  report  to  the  Council  on  or 
before  the  fifteenth  day  of  August  of  each  year,  showing  all 
financial  transactions  of  the  city  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  the 
30th  day  of  June  last  preceding. 

He  shall  audit  and  approve  all  demands  against  the  city 
•before  payment,  and  keep  a  record  of  the  same,  as  hereinafter 
provided  in  Article  XXI. 

The  City  Auditor  shall  perform  such  other  duties  and  ex- 
ercise such  further  powers  as  may  be  elsewhere  prescribed  for 
him  by  the  Charter  or  by  ordinance.  He  shall  devote  his  entire 
time  to  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office|— [Amend- 
ment, 1911.] 

CITY    TREASURER. 

Sec.  44.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Treasurer  to  re- 
ceive and  keep  all  moneys  that  shall  come  to  the  city  by  taxation 
or  otherwise,  and  to  pay  the  same  out  on  demands  legally  audited 
in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided;  and  without  such  auditing 
he  shall  disburse  no  public  moneys  whatever,  except  the  prin- 
cipal and  interest  of  the  municipal  debt  when  payable. 

He  shall  receive  no  money  into  the  City  Treasury  unless 
accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  the  City  Auditor  provided  for 
in  Section  43  hereof. 

He  shall  issue  receipts  in  duplicate  to  all  persons  paying 
money  into  the  Treasury. 

One  of  which  receipts  shall  be  forthwith  deposited  with  the 
City  Auditor. 

He  shall  make  a  report  at  the  close  of  each  business  day  to 
the  Auditor,  showing  all  moneys  received  during  the  day,  to- 
gether with  the  number  of  each  receipt  given  by  him  therefor, 

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and  what  account  and  from  whom  received  and  to  what  fund 
appHed. 

He  shall,  on  or  before  the  seventh  day  of  each  month,  make 
out  and  present  to  the  Council  a  full  and  complete  statement  of 
the  receipts  and  expenditures  for  the  preceding  calendar  month, 
and  he  shall  make  such  special  reports  from  time  to  time  as  may- 
be required  by  the  Council. 

The  Mayor,  City  x\ttorney.  City  Auditor,  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee of  the  Council,  or  any  special  committee  appointed  by  the 
Council,  separately  or  collectively,  and  with  the  aid  of  an  ac- 
countant selected  by  such  officer  or  committee,  shall  have  the 
right  and  power  to  examine  the  books  of  the  Treasurer  at  all 
times ;  and  the  Mayor,  Auditor  oi  Finance  Committee  shall  also 
have  the  right  to  inspect  and  count  all  public  moneys  under  the 
Treasurer's  control,  or  on  deposit  elsewhere.  Whenever  the  city 
shall  provide  a  proper  vault  and  safes  in  the  City  Hall  for  the 
keeping  of  the  city  money,  the  Treasurer  shall  keep  said  moneys 
in  said  vault,  except  as  hereinafter  provided.  It  shall  be  in  the 
power  of  the  Council,  by  ordinance,  at  any  time  to  require  the 
City  Treasurer  to  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  duties  of  his 
office. —  [Amendment,  1909.] 

CITY    TAX    AND    LICENSE    COLLECTOR. 

Sec.  45.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Tax  and  License 
Collector,  in  addition  to  the  duties  which  may  be  elsewhere  pre- 
scribed for  him  in  this  Charter  or  by  ordinance,  to  collect  all 
taxes  and  licenses  of  the  city,  excepting  those  hereinafter  pro- 
vided to  be  collected  by  the  City  Assessor. 

He  shall  keep  proper  books,  showing  all  moneys  collected 
by  him  as  Tax  and  License  Collector. 

He  shall  also  keep  a  book  which  shall  contain  a  record  of 
every  deed  given  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  city  for  real  estate  sold 
for  delinquent  taxes  or  assessments,  which  book  shall  be  prop- 
erly indexed  and  shall  be  at  all  suitable  times  subject  to  public 
inspection. 

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He  shall  immediately  deposit  with  the  City  Treasurer  all 
moneys  received  by  him  in  his  capacity  as  Tax  and  License 
Collector. 

CITY  ASSESSOR. 

Sec.  46.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Assessor,  in  addi- 
tion to  any  duty  that  may  be  elsewhere  prescribed  for  him  by 
this  Charter  or  by  ordinance,  to  make  out,  within  such  a  time 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance  of  said  city,  either  now  in 
force  or  that  may  hereafter  be  passed  in  pursuance  hereof,  a 
full,  true  and  correct  list  of  all  the  property,  both  real  and  per- 
sonal, taxable  by  law,  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  with  the 
valuation  thereof,  and  assess  the  same  to  the  persons  by  whom 
it  was  owned  or  claimed,  or  in  whose  possession  or  control  it 
was,  at  12  o'clock  meridian  on  the  first  Monday  of  March  next 
preceding. 

Each  taxpayer  in  said  city  shall  make  and  deliver  to  the 
City  Assessor  annually,  and  at  such  time  as  shall  be  provided 
for  by  ordinance,  a  statement  under  oath  setting  forth  spe- 
cifically all  the  real  and  personal  property  owned  by  such  tax- 
payer, or  in  his  possession  or  under  his  control  at  12  o'clock 
meridian  on  the  first  Monday  of  March  next  preceding. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Assessor  to  collect  the  taxes 
on  all  personal  property,  when  the  owner  of  said  property  is  not 
seized  of  real  estate  in  said  city  sufficient  to  afford  ample  se- 
curity for  collection  of  said  taxes.  In  all  such  cases  he  shall  be 
governed  in  fixing  the  amount  of  the  tax  by  the  rate  of  the  tax 
levy  for  the  preceding  year. 

Immediately  after  fixing  the  assessment  on  such  property 
he  shall  serve  on  its  owner  or  owners  a  notice  in  writing,  which 
shall  specify  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  property,  the  rate  per 
cent  and  the  amount  of  tax  payable,  and  contain  a  demand  for 
the  payment  of  said  tax  within  three  days  after  services  of  said 
notice.     Said  notice  shall  be  served  personally,  or  by  leavine^  a 

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copy  of  the  same  at  the  last  known  place  of  residence  of  the 
person  whose  property  is  so  assessed. 

Upon  the  expiration  of  said  three  days  after  such  service, 
if  the  tax  demanded  still  remains  unpaid  or  payment  thereof  be 
not  secured  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  City  Attorney  and  City 
xA.ssessor,  the  City  Assessor  shall  forthwith  proceed  to  collect 
the  same  by  seizure  and  sale  of  any  personal  property  owned  by 
the  delinquent. 

The  said  sale  shall  be  made  by  him  in  the  manner  provided 
in  Sections  3791,  3792,  3793,  3794,  3795  and  3796  of  the 
Political  Code  of  the  State  of  California;  provided,  that  the 
newspaper  referred  to  in  said  Section  3792  shall  be  published  in 
the  city,  and  shall  be  designated  by  the  Council. 

As  soon  as  the  rate  is  fixed  for  the  year  in  which  such  col- 
lection is  made,  if  it  be  found  that  a  sum  in  excess  of  said 
rate  has  been  collected,  the  excess  must  be  repaid  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  demands  against  the  city  are  paid,  to  the  per- 
son from  whom  the  collection  was  made,  or  to  his  assigns. 
And  if  a  sum  less  than  the  rate  fixed  has  been  collected,  the 
deficiency  must  be  collected  as  other  taxes  on  personal  property 
are  collected. 

Should  the  Board  of  Equalization  reduce  the  valuation  for 
the  same  year  of  the  property  so  assessed,  the  sum  collected  in 
excess  of  said  reduced  valuation  must  be  repaid  in  like  manner, 
to  the  person  from  whom  the  collection  was  made,  or  to  his 
assigns.  And  if  the  valuation  of  said  property  should  be  in- 
creased by  said  board,  then  the  deficiency  must  be  collected  as 
other  taxes  on  personal  property  are  collected. 

The  City  Assessor  shall  carefully  note  upon  his  assessment 
list  and  also  upon  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  the  purpose  all 
collections  made  by  him  under  this  section,  and  shall  turn  over 
to  the  City  Treasurer  all  money  received  immediately  upon  its 
receipt. 

In  case  the  City  Assessor  shall  fail  to  demand,  and  through 
his  fault  to  collect,  any  and  all  taxes  which  by  this  section  he  is 

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directed  to  collect,  he  shall  be  and  become  personally  liable  to 
the  city  for  the  amount  of  said  delinquent  taxes,  with  interest 
from  the  date  of  their  assessment;  and  the  Council  is  author- 
ized and  directed  to  cause  proper  action  or  actions  at  law  to  be 
brought  against  him  and  the  sureties  on  his  official  bond  to 
recover  the  same. 

The  mode  of  making  out  assessment  lists,  of  ascertaining 
the  value  of  property  and  of  equalizing  the  same  shall  be  such 
as  is  now  or  may  hereafter  be  prescribed  by  the  ordinances  of 
the  city. —  [Amendment,   1911.] 

BOARDS  AND    COMMISSIONS. 

Sec.  47.  The  powers  and  duties  of  all  boards  and  commis- 
sions provided  for  under  this  Charter  shall  be  such  as  are  in 
this  Charter  elsewhere  set  forth,  and  such  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  ordinance. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

CITY   ENGINEER. 

Sec.  48.  In  addition  to  other  duties  imposed  upon  him  by 
this  Charter,  or  by  ordinance  of  the  Council,  the  City  Engineer 
shall : 

1.  Make  all  surveys,  insj>ections  and  estimates  required 
by  the  Council. 

2.  He  shall  examine  all  public  works  done  under  contract, 
and  report  thereon  to  the  City  Council. 

3.  He  shall  do  no  work  for  and  take  no  fee  or  professional 
recompense  from  any  individual  or  corporation  other  than  the 
city  during  his  term  of  office;  provided,  however,  that  on  ap- 
plication of  any  person  owning  or  interested  in  real  property  m 
said  city  for  a  survey  or  plat  of  such  property,  the  City  Council 
may  direct  such  work  to  be  done  by  the  City  Engineer;  and  the 
fee  for  such  work  shall  be  fixed  by  him  in  accordance  with  cur- 
rent rates  for  like  services,  and  shall  in  all  cases  be  paid  into  the 
City  Treasury. 

4.  He  shall  be  the  custodian   of  and  responsible   for  all 

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maps,  plans,  profiles,  field  notes  and  other  records  and  memo- 
randa belonging  to  the  city  pertaining  to  his  office  and  the  work 
thereof;  all  of  which  he  shall  keep  in  proper  order  and  condi- 
tion, with  full  index  thereof,  and  shall  turn  over  the  same  to 
his  successor. 

5.  All  maps,  plans,  profiles,  field  notes,  estimates  and  other 
memoranda  of  surveys  and  otiier  professional  work  made  or 
done  by  him,  or  under  his  direction  or  control  during  his  term 
of  office,  shall  be  the  property  of  the  city.  He  shall  devote  his 
entire  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office. 

Upon  the  first  appointment  of  a  City  Engineer  by  the  Board 
of  Public  Works,  organized  under  this  Charter,  the  term  of  the 
City  Engineer  then  holding  office  shall  thereupon  cease  and 
determine,  and  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  City  Engineer  shall 
be  as  prescribed  elsewhere  in  this  Charter. —  [Amendment, 
1905.] 

THE   CITY   ATTORNEY. 

Sec.  49.  The  City  /Attorney  must  be  qualified  to  practice 
in  all  the  courts  of  this  state,  and  he  must  have  been  so  qualified 
for  at  least  five  years  next  preceding  his  election.  He  shall  de- 
vote his  entire  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office. 

The  powers  and  duties  of  the  City  Attorney  shall  be  as 
follows : 

(1)  The  City  Attorney  must  prosecute  and  defend  for  the 
city  all  actions  at  law  or  in  equity,  and  special  proceedings,  for 
or  against  the  city,  or  in  which  it  may  be  legally  interested,  or 
for  any  officer  of  the  city  in  any  action  or  proceeding,  when 
directed  so  to  do  by  the  Council. 

Whenever  any  cause  of  action  at  law  or  in  equity  or  by 
special  proceeding  exists  in  favor  of  the  city,  the  City  Attorney 
shall  commence  the  same  when  within  his  knowledge  or  when 
directed  so  to  do  by  the  Council.  He  shall  give  his  advice  or. 
opinion  in  writing,  to  any  officer,  board  or  commission  of  the 
city,  when   requested  so  to  do  by  such  officer,  board  or  com- 

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mission;  provided,  that  the  Council  shall  have  control  of  all 
litigation  of  the  city,  and  may  employ  other  attorneys  to  assist 
the  City  Attorney  therein. 

(3)  He  shall  approve,  by  indorsement  in  writing,  the  form 
of  all  official  or  other  bonds  required  by  this  Charter,  or  by  ordi- 
nance, before  the  same  are  submitted  to  the  proper  body,  board 
or  officer  for  final  approval,  and  no  such  bond  shall  be  approved 
without  such  approval  as  to  form  by  the  City  Attorney.  He 
shall  approve  in  writing  the  draft  of  all  contracts  before  the 
same  are  entered  into  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  city.  The  City 
Attorney  shall  do  and  perform  all  such  other  things  affecting  or 
relating  to  his  office  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  ordinance. 

(4)  The  City  Attorney  shall  keep  on  file  in  his  office  copies 
of  all  written  communications  and  opinions  given  by  him  to 
any  officer,  board  or  department ;  copies  of  all  papers,  briefs  and 
transcripts  used  in  causes  wherein  he  appears,  and  books  of 
record  and  registry  of  all  actions  or  proceedings  in  his  charge, 
in  which  the  city,  or  any  officer,  board  or  commission  is  a  party 
or  is  interested. 

(5)  The  City  Attorney  may  appoint  such  assistants,  depu- 
ties, clerks,  stenographers  and  other  persons  as  the  Council,  b}' 
ordinance,  shall  prescribe;  provided,  however,  that  each  assist 
ant  must,  at  the  time  of  his  appointment,  be  qualified  to  practice 
in  all  of  the  courts  of  the  state,  and  must  have  been  so  qualified 
at  least  two  years  next  preceding  his  appointment. —  [Amend- 
ment, 1911.] 

THE    CITY    PROSECUTOR. 

Sec.  50.  The  City  Prosecutor  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Council.  He  must  be  at 
the  time  of  his  appointment  qualified  to  practice  in  all  of  the 
courts  of  this  state,  and  he  must  have  been  so  qualified  for  at 
least  five  years  next  preceding  his  appointment.  He  shall  de- 
vote his  entire  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office. 

The  City  Prosecutor  may  appoint  such  assistants,  deputies, 

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clerks,  stenographers  and  other  persons  as  the  Council,  by  ordi- 
nance, shall  prescribe;  provided,  however,  that  each  assistant 
must  at  the  time  of  his  appointment,  be  qualified  to  practice  in 
all  of  the  courts  of  the  state,  and  must  have  been  so  qualified 
at  least  two  years  next  preceding  his  appointment. 

The  powers  and  duties  of  the  City  Prosecutor  shall  be  as 
follows : 

(1)  The  City  Prosecutor  shall  be  present,  either  in  person, 
or  by  his  assistants  or  deputies,  at  all  sessions  of  the  Police 
Court;  and  he  shall  institute,  attend  and  conduct,  on  behalf  of 
the  people,  all  criminal  cases  arising  upon  violations  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Charter  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  in  the 
Police  Court,  and  on  appeal. 

(2)  The  City  Prosecutor  shall  draw  complaints  in  such 
cases  in  said  PoHce  Court,  and  prosecute  all  recognizances  and 
bail  bonds  forfeited  in  said  Police  Court.  He  shall  prosecute 
all  actions  for  the  recovery  of  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  and 
other  moneys  accruing  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  in  said  court. 

(3)  Whenever.it  shall  be  authorized  by  the  laws  of  this 
state,  the  City  Prosecutor  shall  prosecute  in  the  Police  Court, 
and  on  appeal,  all  misdemeanor  offenses  cognizable  in  or  by  the 
Police  Court,  arising  upon  violation  of  the  laws  of  this  state; 
draw  complaints  in  said  court  for  misdemeanors  committed 
against  the  laws  of  this  state,  prosecute  all  recognizances  and 
bail  bonds  forfeited  in  said  Police  Court,  and  prosecute  all  ac- 
tions for  the  recovery  of  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  accruing 
to  the  City  or  County  of  Los  Angeles  in  said  Police  Court. 

(4)  Whenever  the  laws  of  the  state  shall  so  provide,  any 
person  held  in  custody  or  restraint  by  any  peace  officer  of  the 
city,  and  charged  with  having  committed  any  criminal  offense 
against  the  provisions  of  the  Charter  of  this  city,  or  the  ordi- 
nances thereof,  or  with  having  committed  any  misdemeanor  or 
other  offense  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  against  the  laws  of  the 
state,  who  shall  apply  for  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  a  copy  of  the 
application  for  such  writ  must  in  any  such  case  be  served  upon 

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the  City  Prosecutor*  at  such  time  and  in  such  manner  as  may  be 
provided  by  such  laws ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Pros- 
ecutor to  conduct  all  proceedings  connected  with  or  relating  to 
the  application  for  or  hearing  upon  such  writ  on  behalf  of  the 
people. 

(5)  Whenever  it  shall  be  authorized  by  the  laws  of  the 
state,  the  City  Prosecutor  shall  have  the  power  to  make  and 
present  to  the  said  Police  Court,  or  any  judge  thereof,  in  any 
case  where  an  offense  has  been  committed  in  the  city,  that  is 
triable  in  said  court,  and  any  person  whose  attendance  as  a  wit- 
ness at  the  trial  is  necessary  in  the  judgment  of  the  City  Prose- 
cutor, resides  out  of  the  County  of  Los  Angeles,  or  is  served 
with  the  subpoena  outside  of  said  county,  an  affidavit  stating 
that  he  believes  the  evidence  of  such  witness  is  material  and 
his  attendance  at  the  trial  is  necessary. 

(6)  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  keep  a  register  of  his  official 
business,  in  which  must  be  entered  a  note  of  all  actions,  whether 
criminal  or  civil,  prosecuted  or  defended  officially  by  him,  and 
of  the  proceedings  therein;  and  shall  have  such  further  powers 
and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
ordinance. —  [Amendment,   1911.] 

Sec.  50-a.  Upon  the  organization  of  a  Board  of  Public 
Works  under  this  Charter,  it  shall  be  the  successor  in  office  of 
the  Superintendent  of  Buildings,  and  the  term  of  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Buildings  then  holding  office  shall  thereupon  cease 
and  determine,  and  the  powers  and  duties  imposed  upon  the 
Superintendent  of  Buildings  by  this  Charter  shall  thereafter  be 
exercised  and  performed  by  the  Board  of  Public  Works. — 
[Amendment,  1905.] 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF    WATER    WORKS    AND    WATER    OVERSEER. 

Sec.  51.  The  Superintendent  of  Water  Works  and  the 
Water  Overseer  shall  have  such  powers  and  perform  such 
duties  as  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  shall  prescribe. — 
[Amendment,  1903.] 

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STREET    SUPERINTENDENT. 


Sec.  52.  The  Street  Superintendent  shall  have  the  general 
care  of,  and  frequently  inspect  the  streets  of  the  city.  He  shall 
receive  and  investigate  all  complaints  as  to  their  condition  and 
shall  have  charge  of  the  enforcement  of  all  ordinances  pertain- 
ing to  street  obstructions. 

He  shall  frequently  inspect  all  public  works  pertaining  to 
street  improvements  while  the  same  are  in  course  of  construc- 
tion, inspect  and  approve  or  reject  all  material  used  in  such 
construction,  whether  done  by  contract  or  otherwise;  and  shall 
at  once  report  to  the  Council  all  deviations  from  contracts  and 
use  of  improper  material  and  bad  workmanship  in  such  works; 
and  shall  have  the  power,  pending  investigation,  to  stop  all 
work  thereon. 

He  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  are  herein  elsewhere 
prescribed  or  imposed  by  ordinance.  He  shall  devote  his  entire 
time  to  the  duties  of  his  office. 

Sec.  52-a.  Upon  the  organization  of  a  Board  of  Public 
Works  under  this  Charter  it  shall  be  the  successor  in  office  of 
the  Street  Superintendent,  and  the  term  of  the  Street  Superin- 
tendent then  holding  office  shall  thereupon  cease  and  determine, 
and  the  powers  and  duties  imposed  upon  the  Street  Superintend- 
ent by  this  Charter  shall  thereafter  be  exercised  and  performed 
by  the  Board  of  Public  Works. — [Amendment,  1905.] 

CHIEF    OF    POLICE. 

Sec.  53.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  have  the  supervision  and 
control  of  the  police  force  of  the  city,  and  in  that  connection  he 
shall  be  subject  only  to  the  orders  of  the  Mayor. — [Amendment, 
1911.] 

Sec.  54.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  be  the  principal  minis- 
terial officer  of  the  corporation,  and  may,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners,  select  and  appoint  one  or 
more  deputies  from  the  police  force,  for  whose  official  acts  he 

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shall  be  responsible.  He  shall,  by  himself  or  by  deputy,  execute 
and  return  all  writs  and  processes  issued  by  the  police  judges 
or  courts.  He,  or  one  of  his  deputies,  shall  attend  on  the  sit- 
tings of  the  Police  Court  and  preserve  order  therein;  and  his 
jurisdiction  and  that  of  his  deputies  in  the  service  of  process  in 
all  criminal  cases,  and  in  cases  of  violation  of  the  city  ordi- 
nances, shall  be  co-extensive  w^ith  the  county. 

Sec.  55.  He  shall  suppress  all  riots,  disturbances  and 
breaches  of  the  peace,  and  to  that  end  may  call  on  any  person 
to  aid  him.  He  may  pursue  and  arrest,  within  the  limits  of  the 
city,  any  person  fleeing  from  justice  from  any  part  of  the  state, 
and  shall  forthwith  bring  all  persons  by  him  arrested  before  a 
police  judge  for  trial  or  examination.  He  may  receive  and 
execute  any  proper  authority  for  the  arrest  and  detention  of 
criminals  fleeing  or  escaping  from  other  places  or  states. 

Sec.  56.  He  shall  have,  in  the  discharge  of  his  proper 
duties,  like  powers  and  be  subject  to  like  responsibilities  as  a 
Sheriff  in  similar  cases,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  and 
have  such  other  powers  as  may  be  imposed  on  or  granted  to 
him  by  this  Charter  or  ordinance. 

HEALTH    COMMISSIONER. 

Sec.  57.  The  Health  Commissioner  shall  have  such  powers 
and  perform  such  duties  as  are  in  this  Charter  or  may  be  by 
ordinance  granted  to  or  imposed  upon  him. —  [Amendment, 
1911.] 

PURCHASING  AGENT. 

Sec.  57-a.  The  purchasing  agent  shall,  except  as  elsewhere 
in  this  Charter  prescribed,  be  the  agent  of  the  city  in  purchasing 
materials  and  supplies  used  by  the  city. 

He  shall  receive  such  salary,  give  such  bond  to  the  city, 
and  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. — 
[Amendment,  1911.] 

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ANNUAL   REPORTS    OF   OFFICERS. 

Sec.  58.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor,  City  Attorney, 
City  Treasurer,  City  Assessor,  City  Tax  and  License  Collector, 
Chief  of  Police,  City  Auditor,  Health  Officer,  Water  Overseer, 
City  Clerk,  City  Engineer,  Board  of  Public  Works,  Chief  En- 
gineer of  the  Fire  Department,  City  Sealer  of  Weights  and 
Measures,  City  School  Superintendent,  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Public  Library,  and  the  Board  of  Park  Com- 
missioners, each  to  present  to  the  Council,  at  its  meeting  in  the 
second  week  in  July  of  each  year,  a  report  for  the  preceding 
year,  ending  on  the  30th  day  of  June  last,  which  shall  show  as 
follows : 

(1)  The  Mayor  shall,  in  addition  to  his  report  as  Mayor, 
inform  the  Council  of  the  condition  of  the  Police  Court,  the 
number  of  arrests  made,  the  offenses  charged  and  how  disposed 
of,  the  penalties  inflicted  and  amount  of  fines  and  from  whom 
collected,  and  to  that  end  he  may  require  such  reports  from  the 
Police  Judges  as  he  may  deem  necessary. 

(2)  The  City  Attorney  shall,  in  his  report,  present  an  ab- 
stract of  all  actions  and  proceedings  in  the  Supreme  and  Su- 
perior Courts,  where  the  city  is  an  interested  party,  and  shall 
show  what  cases  have  been  disposed  of  during  the  year,  and  in 
what  manner,  and  the  condition  of  those  remaining  on  the  cal- 
endar. 

(3)  The  City  Treasurer  shall  show,  in  his  report,  spe- 
cifically, the  amount  of  all  indebtedness  of  the  city;  of  money 
received  by  him  during  the  year,  the  date  of  the  receipt  thereof, 
and  from  whom ;  the  amount  paid  out,  when,  and  to  whom ;  and 
the  date  and  number  of  the  demands  on  which  the  respective 
amounts  are  paid. 

(4)  The  City  Tax  and  License  Collector  shall  report  the 
amount  of  money  received,  and  on  what  account. 

(5)  The  City  Assessor  shall,  in  his  report,  show  the 
amount  of  personal   property  taxes  collected  by  him,  together 

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with  the  amount  of  any  fees  which  he  may  have  received  on 
account  of  such  collection  in  each  case. 

(6)  The  City  Auditor  shall  make  a  proper  statement  of 
the  transactions  of  his  office,  as  provided  in  Section  43. 

(7)  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  report  the  number  of  arrests 
made  by  him,  the  offenses  charged  and  how  disposed  of,  the 
number  and  names  of  the  policemen  employed,  when  appointed 
and  when  discharged,  and  all  money  and  other  property  re- 
ceived from  prisoners  and  the  disposition  of  the  same. 

(8)  The  Health  Officer  shall  show  the  condition  of  the 
health  of  the  city  during  the  year,  and  the  number  of  cases  of 
diseases  which  he  has  treated ;  and  other  matters  of  interest  per- 
taining to  his  office. 

(9)  The  Water  Overseer  shall,  in  his  report,  show  the 
amount  of  water  rates  or  charges  collected  by  him;  and  shall 
make  a  detailed  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  water  systems 
of  the  city,  so  far  as  the  same  are  entrusted  to  his  charge. 

(10)  The  report  of  the  City  Clerk  shall  show  the  number 
of  licenses  issued,  and  for  what  amount. 

(11)  The  report  of  the  City  Engineer  shall  show  the 
character,  cost  and  condition  of  all  public  works  and  improve- 
ments in  course  of  construction  during  the  year. 

(12)  The  report  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  show 
the  cost  of  erection,  alteration  and  repair  of  all  buildings  during 
the  year;  and  shall  show  also  the  general  result  of  its  inspection 
of  buildings  during  the  year.  Said  Board  shall  report  also  the 
number  of  building  permits  issued  by  it. 

(13)  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  report  upon  the 
condition  of  the  streets  of  the  city  and  the  improvements  of  the 
same  during  the  year;  and  shall  show  what  action  was  taken 
by  it  in  the  enforcement  of  ordinances  pertaining  to  street  ob- 
structions and  in  regard  to  deviations  from  contract  in  the  con- 
struction of  public  works. 

(14)  The  report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  De- 
partment shall  show  the  condition  of  the  Fire  Department  and 

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its  apparatus,  giving  a  detailed  statement  thereof;  also  the  work 
of  the  department  during  the  year. 

(15)  The  report  of  the  City  Sealer  of  Weights  and  Meas- 
ures shall  show  the  amount  of  charges  collected  by  him,  and 
such  other  matters  as  are  entrusted  to  him. 

(16)  The  report  of  the  City  School  Superintendent  shall 
show  the  number  and  condition  of  the  public  schools,  the  num- 
ber of  teachers  and  their  salaries  and  the  number  of  pupils  in 
attendance. 

(17)  The  report  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Public  Library  shall  show  the  condition  of  their  trust 
for  the  year  ending  the  30th  day  of  June  of  that  year;  the 
various  sums  of  money  received  from  the  library  fund  and 
from  other  sources;  for  what  purpose  such  money  has  been 
expended,  and  the  amount  so  expended  and  the  balance  on 
hand;  the  number  of  books  and  periodicals  on  hand;  the  num- 
ber added  by  purchase,  gift  or  otherwise  during  the  year;  the 
number  lost  or  missing;  the  number  of  visitors  attending;  the 
number  of  books  loaned  out,  and  the  general  character  and  kind 
of  such  books,  with  such  information  and  suggestions  as  it  may 
deem  of  general  interest. 

(18)  The  report  of  the  Park  Commissioners  shall  show 
the  condition  of  the  parks,  with  the  kind,  cost  and  expense  of 
the  improvements,  including  the  entire  cost  and  expense  of  the 
department  for  the  year  ending  June  30th  last  preceding. — 
[Amendment,  1909.] 

Sec.  59.  Every  officer,  board  and  commission  of  the  city, 
in  addition  to  those  named  in  Section  58  of  this  article,  shall, 
except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter,  make  and  present 
to  the  Council,  at  its  meeting  in  the  second  week  of  July  of 
each  year,  such  report  pertaining  to  the  affairs  of  the  office 
or  department  of  which  such  officer,  board  or  commission  has 
charge,  for  the  year  ending  on  the  30th  day  of  June  last,  as 
the  Council,  by  ordinance,  shall  prescribe. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

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ADMINISTRATION    OF    OATHS   AND   AFFIRMATIONS. 

Sec.  60.  The  Mayor,  City  Auditor,  City  Treasurer,  and 
each  member  of  the  Council,  and  of  each  board  and  commission 
provided  for  in  this  Charter,  shall  have  the  power  to  administer 
oaths  and  affirmations  in  any  investigation  or  proceeding  pend- 
ing before  any  of  said  officers  or  bodies,  or  concerning  any 
demand  on  the  City  Treasury,  and  the  City  Clerk  shall  have  the 
power  to  administer  all  oaths  and  affirmations  required  by  the 
Charter. 

The  City  Council  and  each  board  and  commission  provided 
for  in  this  Charter  shall  have  the  power  and  authority  to  ex- 
amine witnesses  under  oath  and  compel  the  attendance  of  wit- 
nesses and  the  production  of  evidence  before  such  Council, 
board  or  commission,  as  the  case  may  be,  by  subpoena,  to  be 
issued  in  the  name  of  said  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  to  be  at- 
tested by  the  City  Clerk  of  said  city.  The  City  Clerk  shall,  upon 
the  demand  of  the  President  of  the  City  Council,  or  the  pre- 
siding officer  of  any  such  board  or  commission,  issue  such 
subpoena  in  the  name  of  said  city,  and  attest  the  same  with  the 
corporate  seal  thereof,  and  shall  in  such  subpoena  direct  and 
require  the  attendance  of  the  witness  or*  witnesses  sought  to  be 
subpoenaed  before  the  City  Council  or  the  respective  board  or 
commission  requiring  the  issuance  of  said  subpoenas  at  a  time 
and  place  to  be  in  said  subpoenas  specified. 

The  Chief  of  Police  shall  cause  all  such  subpoenas  to  be 
served  by  some  member  of  the  Police  Department  upon  the  per- 
son or  persons  required  to.  attend  before  the  Council  or  board 
or  commission  in  such  subpoenas  designated. 

The  City  Council  shall,  from  time  to  time,  adopt  ordinances 
providing  suitable  penalties  for  disobedience  of  such  subpoenas, 
and  the  refusal  of  witnesses  to  testify  before  such  Council, 
board  or  commission  when  required  so  to  do. — [Amendment, 
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ARTICLE  V. 
OFFICIAL  BONDS. 

Sec.  61.  The  following  named  officers  of  said  city  shall 
respectively  execute  to  said  municipal  corporation,  bonds  in 
the  following  sums,  respectively,  conditioned  for  the  faithful 
discharge  by  them  of  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices, 
to-wit : 

The  bond  of  the  City  Auditor  is  fixed  at  $10,000. 

The  bond  of  the  City  Tax  and  License  Collector  is  fixed 
at  $100,000. 

The  bond  of  the  City  Assessor  is  fixed  at  $10,000. 

The  bond  of  the  City  Treasurer  is  fixed  at  $150,000. 

The  bond  of  the  City  Engineer  is  fixed  at  $10,000. 

The  bond  of  the  City  Attorney  is  fixed  at  $5,000. 

The  bond  of  the  Chief  of  Police  is  fixed  at  $5,000. 

The  bond  of  the  Health  Commissioner  is  fixed  at  $2,000. 

The  bond  of  the  City  Clerk  is  fixed  at  $5,000. 

The  bond  of  the  City  Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures  is 
fixed  at  $5,000. 

The  premium  on  any  official  bond  furnished  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  and  executed  by  a  corporate  surety  shall 
be  paid  by  the  city. — [Amendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  62.  Each  such  official  bond  shall  be  executed  by  a 
corporation  authorized  by  law  to  become  a  surety  upon  bonds 
or  undertakings,  or  by  two  or  more  personal  sureties,  who 
shall  each  be  a  resident  of  the  city  or  county  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  the  owner  of  real  estate  therein  valued,  over  and  above  all 
incumbrances,  upon  the  last  city  or  county  assessment  roll,  at 
not  less  than  the  aggregate  amount  for  which  he  becomes 
responsible  upon  such  official  bonds.  Each  personal  surety  shall 
be  approved  as  hereinafter  set  forth,  and  shall  bind  himself  in 
a  sum  not  less  than  $1000. 

The  aggregate  amount  of  the  sums  which  the  sureties  on 
any  of  such  bonds   shall   respectively  bind   themselves  to  pay, 

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shall  be  at  least  double  the  sum  in  which  the  principal  on  such 
bond  binds  himself. 

No  such  surety  shall  be  held  liable  on  such  bond  for  a 
larger  sum  of  money  than  that  which  he  specifically  binds  him- 
self to  pay,  together  with  such  costs  of  action  as  may  be  allowed 
by  the  court  on  the  recovery  of  judgment  against  him  on  such 
bonds. 

Section  963  of  the  Political  Code  shall  apply  to  the  official 
bonds  given  under  the  requirements  of  this  Charter. 

Each  personal  surety  on  any  bond  given  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  Charter  shall  justify  in  double  the  amount  for 
which  he  binds  himself  on  such  bond. 

The  bonds  of  all  officers,  after  approval  by  the  city  attor- 
ney, as  to  form,  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  and  the  Coun- 
cil, and,  after  such  approval,  shall  be  filed  with  and  remain  in 
the  keeping  of  the  City  Auditor,  provided  that  the  bond  of  the 
City  Auditor  shall  be  filed  with  and  remain  in  the  keeping  of 
the  City  Clerk.— [Amendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  63.  The  Council  may,  by  ordinance,  increase  the 
amount  of  bond  hereby  required  from  any  officer,  but  may  not 
decrease  the  same;  and  may  require  a  bond  to  be  given  by  any 
officer  not  herein  required  to  give  a  bond,  and  may  fix  its 
amount. 

Sec.  64.  If  the  bond  of  any  officer  should  at  any  time  be- 
come insufficient,  the  Council  may  notify  and  require  him  to 
give  additional  security;  and,  in  case  of  his  failure  to  do  so 
within  fifteen  days,  may  declare  his  office  vacant ;  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  at  once  to  take  into  his  charge  all 
books  and  papers,  money  and  other  public  property  at  the  time 
in  the  hands  or  under  the  control  of  such  officer  so  notified, 
and  retain  the  same  until  such  additional  security  is  given,  or 
the  election  or  appointment  and  qualification  of  a  successor. 
For  the  better  enforcement  of  this  section,  the  Mayor  is  author- 
ized, at  the  cost  of  the  city,  to  commence  and  prosecute,  in  his 
own  name,  all  appropriate  actions  and  proceedings. 

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ARTICLE  VI. 
SALARIES    OF    OFFICERS. 

Sec.  65.  The  officers  of  the  city  shall  receive,  in  full  com- 
pensation for  all  services  of  every  kind  whatever  rendered  by 
them,  the  following  salaries,  payable  in  monthly  installments  at 
the  end  of  each  calendar  month: 

The  Mayor  shall  receive  $4,500  per  annum. 

Each  Councilman  shall  receive  $2,400  per  annum. 

The  City  Attorney  shall  receive  $4,000  per  annum. 

The  City  Auditor  shall  receive  $3,000  per  annum. 

The  City  Assessor  shall  receive  $3,000  per  annum. 

All  appointive  officers  of  the  city  shall  receive  such  salaries 
as  may  now  be  in  force  or  as  may  hereafter  be  prescribed  by 
ordinance,  or  otherwise  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  Charter, — [Amendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  66.  The  City  Council  shall,  by  ordinance,  fix  the  sal- 
ary of  all  other  officers  herein,  or  by  ordinance  hereafter  created, 
whose  salaries  are  not  hereby  fixed,  or  otherwise  provided  for. 
—  [Amendment,  1903.] 

Sec.  67.  No  officer  of  the  city  shall  be  compensated  by  fees 
or  commissions,  but  only  by  a  fixed  salary,  payable  monthly ;  and 
such  salary  shall  not  be  increased  or  diminished  during  his  term 
of  office  or  after  his  election  or  appointment  and  before  the  com- 
mencement of  the  term. 

Sec.  68.  No  city  officer  shall  retain  any  fee,  recompense  or 
compensation  received  by  him  for  the  discharge  of  any  duty  of 
his  office  from  any  person  other  than  the  city,  but  shall  imme- 
diately pay  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  city  all  such  sums  of 
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ARTICLE  VII. 
[Amendment,   1911.] 

DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION. 

Sec.  69.  The  government  of  the  School  Department  of  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  be  vested  in  a  Board  of  Education,  to 
consist  of  seven  members,  to  be  elected  as  in  this  Charter  pro- 
vided, and  to  be  called  Members  of  the  Board  of  Education. 

Sec.  70.  Each  Member  of  the  Board  of  Education  shall 
receive,  in  full  compensation  for  all  services  of  every  kind  ren- 
dered by  him,  ten  dollars  for  each  regular  meeting  of  said  board 
attended  by  him,  but  not  exceeding  a  total  of  $50  in  any  one 
calendar  month,  the  same  to  be  paid  out  of  the  school  fund. 

Sec.  71.  The  Members  of  the  Board  of  Education  in  office 
at  the  time  this  article  takes  effect,  shall  hold  and  exercise  their 
offices  until  the  election  and  qualification  of  their  successors 
under  this  Charter. 

Sec.  72.  The  Board  of  Education  shall  elect  one  of  its 
members  President.  It  shall  have  power,  by  resolution  adopted 
by  a  majority  of  all  its  members,  and  recorded  in  the  minutes 
with  the  ayes  and  noes  at  length,  to  make  rules  and  regulations 
for  its  proceedings,  for  the  government  and  administration  of 
the  Department  of  Education,  and  for  the  regulation  and  con- 
duct of  the  officers,  teachers  and  other  employes  of  said  de- 
partment. 

Sec.  7Z.  The  Board  of  Education  shall  hold  regular  meet- 
ings at  least  once  every  two  weeks,  and  special  meetings  at  such 
times  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  rules  of  said  board.  A  ma- 
jority of  all  the  members  of  said  board  shall  constitute  a  quorum 
for  the  transaction  of  business,  but  a  smaller  number  may  ad- 
journ from  time  to  time  until  a  quorum  be  present. 

Sec.  74.  The  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Education  shall  be 
public,  and  its  records  shall  be  open  to  public  inspection. 

Sec.  75.  The  Board  of  Education  shall  fill  all  vacancies 
occurring  in  its  membership. 

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Sec.  76.     The  Board  of  Education  shall  have  power: 

1.  To  establish  and  maintain  public  schools,  including  high 
schools,  to  change,  consolidate  and  discontinue  the  same,  and  to 
establish  districts  for  such  schools  and  to  fix  and  alter  the 
boundaries  thereof. 

2.  To  appoint,  employ  and  discharge  a  City  School  Super- 
intendent, a  Deputy  School  Superintendent,  Assistant  School 
Superintendents,  a  Secretary,  an  Auditor,  and  such  teachers, 
janitors,  school  census  marshals,  mechanics,  laborers  and  other 
employees  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the  powers 
and  duties  of  the  board;  to  fix,  alter  and  allow  their  salaries  or 
wages,  and  to  withhold,  for  good  and  sufficient  cause,  the  whole 
or  any  part  of  the  salary  or  wages  of  any  person  or  persons 
employed  as  aforesaid. 

3.  To  make,  establish  and  enforce  all  necessary  and  proper 
rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  public  schools,  the 
teachers  thereof,  pupils  therein,  and  for  carrying  into  effect 
the  laws  relating  to  education ;  also  to  establish  and  regulate  the 
grade  of  schools,  and  determine  what  text  books,  course  of  study 
and  mode  of  instruction  shall  be  used  in  said  schools. 

4.  To  grade,  pave,  sewer  or  otherwise  improve  streets  and 
other  public  places  in  front  of  real  property  owned  or  controlled 
by  it,  and  to  appropriate  money  to  pay  the  cost  and  expense  of 
such  Improvements,  whether  made  by  said  board,  or  under  con- 
tracts executed  by  the  board,  or  under  contracts  made  in  pur- 
suance of  the  general  laws  of  the  state  respecting  street  im- 
provements. 

5.  To  have  and  exercise  entire  control  and  management  of 
the  public  schools  of  the  city  in  accordance  with  the  Constitu- 
tion and  general  laws  of  the  state  and  the  provisions  of  this 
Charter,  and  said  board  is  hereby  vested  with  all  the  powers 
and  charged  w^ith  all  the  duties  provided  by  this  Charter,  and 
also  by  the  general  laws  of  the  state  for  City  Boards  of  Edu- 
cation. 

Sec.  77.     No  demand  payable  out  of  the  school  fund  shall 

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be  approved  or  paid  unless  the  same  be  first  approved  by  the 
affirmative  vote  of  five  members  of  the  board,  taken  by  ayes  and 
noes,  and  spread  on  the  minutes,  and  the  action  of  said  board, 
on  such  demand,  shall  be  endorsed  thereon  and  signed  by  the 
President  and  the  Secretary  thereof. 

Sec.  78.  The  City  School  Superintendent,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Board  of  Education,  may,  for  good  and  sufficient 
cause,  provisionally  suspend  any  teacher  employed  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  city,  until  the  next  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  School  Superintendent 
to  report  to  the  Board  of  Education  annually,  and  at  such  other 
times  as  it  may  require,  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  expendi- 
tures, income  and  condition  and  progress  of  the  public  schools 
of  said  city  during  the  preceding  year,  with  such  recommenda- 
tions as  he  may  deem  proper;  to  visit  each  school  as  often  as 
practicable;  to  observe,  and  cause  to  be  observed,  such  general 
rules  for  the  regulation,  government  and  instruction  of  the 
schools  as  may  be  established  by  the  board;  to  recommend  to 
the  board  the  dismissal  of  teachers,  stating  the  reasons  therefor ; 
to  attend  all  sessions  of  the  board,  and  inform  it  at  each  session 
of  the  condition  of  the  pubHc  schools,  school  houses,  school 
fund,  and  other  matters  connected  therewith,  and  recommend, 
such  measures  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  advancement 
of  education  in  the  city,  and  to  acquaint  himself  with  all  the 
laws,  rules  and  regulations  governing  the  public  schools  in  said 
city,  and  the  judicial  decisions  thereon,  and  give  advice  con- 
nected with  public  schools,  gratuitously,  to  officers,  teachers, 
pupils  and  their  parents  and  guardians. 


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ARTICLE  VIII. 
[Amendment,   1911.] 

LIBRARY    DEPARTMENT. 

Sec.  81.  There  is  hereby  established  a  department  of  the 
government  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  to  be  known  as  the 
Library  Department,  which  shall  be  under  the  management  and 
control  of  a  board  of  five  directors,  to  be  known  as  the  Board 
of  Library  Directors. 

Sec.  82.  Said  directors  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor, 
subject  to  confirmation  by  a  majority  of  the  Council.  They  shall 
serve  without  compensation,  and  shall  be  chosen  from  the  citi- 
zens at  large,  without  regard  to  sex. 

Sec.  83.  The  term  of  ofiice  of  the  Library  Directors  shall 
be  four  years ;  provided,  hozvevcr,  that  upon  the  taking  effect  of 
this  article,  the  directors  of  the  Los  Angeles  Public  Library, 
then  in  office,  shall  be  and  become  the  Library  Directors  of  the 
city,  and  shall  continue  in  office  as  such  directors  until  the  ex- 
piration of  the  terms  for  which  they  were  appointed  respectively, 
and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified;  and  pro- 
vided, further,  that  the  term  of  office  of  each  of  said  directors 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Public  Library  shall  expire  on  the  first  Mon- 
day in  January  of  the  fourth  calendar  year  immediately  follow- 
ing his  appointment.  The  Mayor  shall,  subject  to  confirmation 
by  the  Council,  fill  all  vacancies  for  the  unexpired  term. 

Sec.  84.  The  said  Board  of  Library  Directors  shall  organ- 
ize by  electing  one  of  its  members  President,  who  shall  hold 
office  for  one  year,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected. 

Sec.  85.  The  said  Board  of  Library  Directors  may  appoint 
any  employee  of  the  Library  Department  to  act  as  clerk  of  said 
board.  Such  clerk  shall  keep  a  record  and  full  minutes  in 
writing  of  all  the  proceedings  of  said  board,  and  may  certify  to 
such  proceedings  or  any  portion  thereof  under  his  or  her  hand, 
to  be  verified  by  seal,  if  a  seal  be  adopted  and  provided  by  the 

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board  for  that  purpose,  and  such  clerk  shall  serve  without  extra 
compensation  therefor. 

Sec.  86.  The  said  Board  of  Library  Directors  by  the  vote 
of  a  majority  of  all  its  members,  to  be  recorded  in  the  minutes 
of  its  proceedings  with  the  ayes  and  noes  at  length,  shall  have 
power : 

(o)  To  establish  all  necessary  rules  and  regulations  for 
the  exercise  of  the  powers  conferred  in  this  article,  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  Library  Department,  and  for  the  regulation  of 
the  conduct  of  its  officers  and  employees. 

(b)  To  establish  and  maintain  branch  public  libraries  and 
reading  rooms,  and  all  branch  libraries  and  reading  rooms  here- 
tofore established  by  said  city,  and  all  property,  real  and  per- 
sonal, thereto  pertaining,  shall  be  and  remain  in  the  charge, 
custody  and  administration  of  the  said  Board  of  Library  Di- 
rectors, with  like  powers  and  liabilities  as  said  library. 

(c)  To  appoint  a  librarian,  a  first  and  second  assistant 
librarian,  and  such  other  officers  and  employees  of  the  library 
department  as  the  board  may  deem  necessary;  to  determine 
and  define  their  duties  and  to  fix  and  regulate  their  compensa- 
tion. All  appointments  in  the  library  department  shall  be  made 
by  the  said  board  subject  to  such  civil  service  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in  force. 

(d)  To  establish  departments  in  said  public  library,  and 
to  appoint,  employ  and  remove  heads  of  such  departments. 

(e)  To  control  and  order  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys  at 
any  time  in  the  library  fund,  and  order  the  drawing  and  pay- 
ment of  all  moneys  out  of  said  fund  for  such  expenditures  or 
liabilities  as  are  herein  authorized,  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
this  charter  for  the  payment  of  demands  on  the  city  treasury 
of  said  city.  All  moneys  received  for  such  library  shall  be  de- 
posited in  the  treasury  of  the  city,  to  the  credit  of  the  library 
fund,  and  shall  be  kept  separate  and  apart  from  other  moneys 
of  the  city,  and  shall  be  drawn  from  said  fund  upon  demands 

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authenticated  by  the  signatures  of  the  president,  or  two  mem- 
bers of  the  board,  and  by  the  clerk  thereof. 

(/)  To  purchase  or  lease  all  necessary  real  property  and 
thereon  to  construct  a  library  or  branch  library  building  or 
buildings,  or  to  lease  rooms  or  a  building  or  buildings  for  such 
library  or  branch  libraries,  and  to  have  general  supervision, 
care  and  custody  of  the  grounds,  rooms  or  buildings  constructed, 
leased  or  set  apart  for  that  purpose,  and  generally  to  do  all  that 
may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the  spirit  and  intent  of  this. 
Charter  in  establishing  a  public  library  and  branch  public 
libraries  or  reading  rooms. 

(g)  To  sell,  or  otherwise  dispose  of,  any  damaged,  worn- 
out  or  useless  books,  furniture  or  other  personal  property  under 
its  control,  in  such  manner  and  at  such  times  as  the  board  may 
determine. 

(h)  To  prescribe  and  collect  fines  and  penalties  for  the 
violation  of  the  rules  and  regulations  of  said  board  respecting 
the  use  and  loan  of  books  from  the  said  library  or  branch 
libraries. 

(i)  To  provide  for  extending  the  privilegfes  and  use  of 
such  library  and  branch  Hbraries  to  persons  residing  outside  of 
the  city  of  Los  Angeles,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  said 
board  may,  from  time  to  time,  by  its  rules  and  regulations  pre- 
scribe, and  to  require  the  payment  by  such  persons  of  dues,  and 
to  collect  the  same  for  such  privileges  and  use. 

(;")  To  require  deposits  of  money  for  the  return  of  books 
loaned  from  the  library,  in  cases  where  the  person  borrowing 
the  same  cannot  furnish  such  sureties  or  guarantors  as  may  be 
required  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  said  board,  and  in 
case  of  the  loss  of  such  books,  or  the  return  thereof  in  a  dam- 
aged condition,  to  deduct  from  such  deposits,  or  to  collect  from 
such  sureties  the  cost  of  replacing  such  books  or  restoring  the 
same  to  good  condition,  and  to  declare  forfeited  all  such  de- 
posits that  shall  remain  unclaimed  for  five  years. 

Sec.  87.     All  moneys  dreived  from  such  sales  of  books  and 

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Other  property,  from  fines,  penalties,  dues,  deposits,  forfeited 
deposits  and  collections  from  sureties  shall  be  paid  into  the  city 
treasury  at  the  end  of  each  calendar  month,  to  the  credit  of  the 
library  fund,  and  shall  be  applied  to  the  purposes  for  which 
such  fund  is  established. 

Sec.  88.  The  library  department  shall  consist  of  the  libra- 
rian, the  assistant  librarians,  and  such  officers  and  employees  as 
the  Board  of  Library  Directors  may  prescribe.  All  appointments 
in  the  library  department,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this 
Charter,  shall  be  made  subject  to  such  civil  service  regulations 
as  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in  force.  The  librarian  shall 
have  the  power  to  suspend  or  remove  any  officer  or  employee 
in  the  library  department;  but  no  such  suspension  or  removal 
shall  be  made  except  for  cause,  which  shall  be  stated  in  writing 
and  filed  with  said  Board  of  Library  Directors,  with  certifica- 
tion that  a  copy  of  such  statement  has  been  served  upon  the 
person  so  suspended  or  removed  personally,  or  by  leaving  a 
copy  thereof  at  his  last  known  place  of  residence  if  he  can  not 
be  found.  Upon  such  filing  such  suspension  or  removal  shall 
take  effect.  Within  fifteen  days  after  such  statement  shall  have 
been  filed,  the  said  board,  upon  its  own  motion  may,  or  upon 
written  application  of  the  person  so  suspended  or  removed, 
filed  with  said  board  within  five  days  after  service  upon  him 
of  such  statement  as  above  provided,  shall  proceed  to  investigate 
the  grounds  for  such  suspension  or  removal.  If,  in  the  case  of 
a  removal,  the  board,  after  such  investigation,  shall  find  in 
writing  that  the  grounds  stated  were  insufficient,  or  were  not 
sustained,  and  also  finds  in  writing  that  the  person  removed 
is  a  fit  and  suitable  person  to  fill  the  position  from  which  he 
was  removed,  the  board  shall  reinstate  him  in  such,  position ; 
and  if,  in  the  case  of  a  suspension,  the  board,  after  such  investi- 
gation, shall  find  in  writing  that  the  grounds  stated  were  insuffi- 
cient, or  were  not  sustained,  the  board  shall  restore  the  person 
so  suspended  to  duty.  The  order  of  said  board  with  respect  to 
such  suspension  or  removal  shall  be  final  and  conclusive.     Any 

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person  restored  to  duty  or  reinstated  in  his  position  after 
suspension  or  removal,  as  provided  in  this  section,  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  compensation  from  the  city  the  same  as  if 
such  suspension  or  removal  had  not  been  made. 

Sec.  89.  There  shall  be  levied  and  collected  annually,  on 
all  the  taxable  property  in  the  city,  as  in  other  cases,  a  tax 
sufficient  to  maintain  the  library  department,  not  less  than  four 
cents  on  each  one  hundred  dollars  of  the  value  of  all  real  and 
personal  property  of  the  said  city,  as  assessed  for  city  purposes, 
for  the  purpose  of  establishing  and  maintaining  said  library 
and  branch  libraries,  and  purchasing  or  leasing  such  real  and 
personal  property,  books,  papers,  publications,  furniture  and 
fixtures,  and  erecting  such  buildings  as  may  be  necessary  there- 
for. No  indebtedness  exceeding  the  amount  of  the  annual  levy 
for  this  purpose  shall  be  incurred  in  any  one  year;  provided, 
this  limitation  shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent  the  incurring 
of  indebtedness  for  permanent  improvements,  to  be  liquidated  by 
the  proceeds  of  municipal  bonds  issued  by  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Charter  and 
of  the  general  laws  of  the  state,  for  the  purpose  of  defraying 
the  cost  of  such  improvements. 

Sec.  89a.  The  public  library  and  reading  rooms,  known  as 
the  Los  Angeles  Public  Library,  is  hereby  continued  in  exist- 
ence; and  said  library,  and  all  branch  public  libraries  heretofore 
or  hereafter  established  by  the  said  city  shall  be  under  the  man- 
agement and  control  of  said  Board  of  Library  Directors,  and 
shall  be  free  of  access  to  and  use  by  the  inhabitants  of  said 
city,  subject  at  all  times  to  such  reasonable  rules  and  regulations 
as  the  said  Board  of  Library  Directors  may  adopt,  and  said 
board  may  exclude  from  the  use  of  said  library  and  branch 
libraries  any  and  all  persons  who  shall  wilfully  violate  such 
rules. 

Sec.  89b.  Any  person  desiring  to  make  donations  of 
money,  securities  or  other  personal  property  or  real  estate,  shall 
have  the  right  to  vest  the  title  to  such  money,  personal  property 

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or  real  estate  so  donated  in  "The  Board  of  Library  Directors" 
hereby  created,  to  be  owned,  held  and  controlled  by  such  board 
when  accepted,  according  to  the  terms  of  the  deed,  gift,  devise 
or  bequest  of  such  property ;  and,  as  to  such  property,  the  board 
shall  be  held  and  considered  to  be  a  special  trustee  thereof  for 
the  city.  The  title  of  all  real  property  that  may  be  purchased 
shall  likewise  be  taken  by  said  board  in  its  name  as  such  special 
trustee;  and  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  may,  in  its  discretion,  by 
ordinance,  set  apart  and  order  to  be  conveyed  to  said  board,  as 
special  trustee,  any  part  of  the  real  property  of  the  city  not 
otherwise  appropriated;  or  to  authorize  and  direct  that  any 
park  or  other  real  property  owned  or  controlled  by  the  city 
may  be  used  jointly  for  library  and  other  purposes. 

Sec.  89c.  The  Board  of  Library  Directors  shall  have  power 
and  are  hereby  authorized  to  invest  any  savings  or  surplus  in 
the  library  fund  at  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  for  the  purpose 
of  creating  a  fund  or  funds  for  the  acquiring  of  real  estate, 
erection  of  buildings,  or  purchase  of  books,  all  for  library  pur- 
poses; provided,  that  such  savings  or  surplus  funds  may  be  in- 
vested only  in  United  States,  state,  county,  municipal  or  school 
bonds  (including  any  bonds  issued  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles 
for  any  purpose)  ;  and  the  income  derived  therefrom  shall  be 
deposited  in  the  city  treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  library  fund. 
A  full  and  complete  report  of  the  investment  of  all  such  funds, 
together  with  the  nature  and  form  of  such  investment,  shall  be 
made  by  said  board  in  its  annual  report  in  each  year. 

Sec.  90.  The  City  Council  shall  have  power  to  pass  ordi- 
nances imposing  suitable  penalties  for  the  punishment  of  per- 
sons committing  injury  upon  such  library,  branch  libraries,  or 
the  grounds  or  property  thereof,  and  for  injury  to  or  failure 
to  return  any  book  belonging  to  such  library. 


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ARTICLE  IX. 

[Amendment,   1911.] 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

Sec.  91.  There  is  hereby  estabhshed  a  department  of  the 
government  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  be  known  as  the 
PoHce  Department,  which  shall  be  under  the  management  and 
control  of  three  commissioners,  to  be  known  as  the  Board  of 
Police  Commissioners. 

Sec.  92.  The  Mayor,  who  shall  be  ex-oHicio  a  member  and 
president  of  the  board,  and  two  electors  of  the  city,  who  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  a  ma- 
jority of  the  Council,  shall  constitute  the  Board  of  Police  Com- 
missioners of  the  city.  The  appointive  members  of  the  board 
shall  serve  without  compensation,  and  shall  hold  office  for  four 
years,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified ; 
provided,  hozsjever,  that  the  first  members  of  the  said  board  ap- 
pointed hereunder  shall  hold  office  until  the  first  ^londay  of 
January,  1912,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and 
qualified. 

Sec.  93.  The  Police  Department  shall  consist  of  the  Chief 
of  Police,  who  shall  be  appointed  and  be  subject  to  removal  by 
the  Mayor,  and  as  many  subordinate  officers,  and  such  police- 
men, detectives  and  employees  as  the  Council  shall  by  ordinance 
determine.  All  appointments  in  the  department  shall  be  made 
by  the  Chief  of  Police,  subject  to  approval  by  the  Board  of 
Police  Commissioners,  and  subject  to  such  civil  service  regula- 
tions as  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in  force.  The  Chief  of 
Police  shall  have  the  power  to  suspend  or  remove  any  officer  or 
employee  in  the  Police  Department;  but  no  such  suspension  or 
removal  shall  be  made  except  for  cause,  which  shall  be  stated 
in  writing  and  filed  with  said  board,  with  certification  that  a 
copy  of  such  statement  has  been  served  upon  the  person  so  sus- 
pended or  removed  personally,  or  by  leaving  a  copy  thereof  at 
his  last  known  place  of  residence  if  he  cannot  be  found.     Upon 

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such  filing  the  suspension  or  removal  shall  take  effect.  Within 
fifteen  days  after  such  statement  shall  have  been  filed,  the  said 
board,  upon  its  own  motion  may,  or  upon  written  application 
of  the  person  so  suspended  or  removed,  filed  with  said  board 
within  five  days  after  service  upon  him  of  such  statement,  as 
above  provided,  shall  proceed  to  investigate  the  grounds  for 
such  suspension  or  removal.  If,  in  the  case  of  a  removal,  the 
said  board,  after  such  investigation,  shall  find  in  writing  that 
the  grounds"  stated  were  insufficient,  or  were  not  sustained,  and 
also  finds  in  writing  that  the  person  removed  is  a  fit  and  suit- 
able person  to  fill  the  position  from  which  he  was  removed,  the 
said  board  shall  reinstate  him  in  such  position;  and  if,  in  the 
case  of  a  suspension,  the  board,  after  such  investigation,  shall 
find  in  writing  that  the  grounds  stated  were  insufficient,  or  were 
not  sustained,  the  said  board  shall  restore  the  person  so  sus- 
pended to  duty.  The  order  of  said  board  with  respect  to  such 
suspension  or  removal  shall  be  final  and  conclusive.  Any  per- 
son restored  to  duty  or  reinstated  in  his  position  after  suspension 
or  removal,  as  provided  in  this  section,  shall  be  entitled  to  re- 
ceive compensation  from  the  city  the  same  as  if  such  suspen- 
sion or  removal  had  not  been  made. 

Sec.  94.  The  salaries  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  and  of  all 
other  members  and  employees  of  the  Police  Department  shall  be 
fixed  by  the  Council  by  ordinance. 

Sec.  95.  The  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  shall,  subject 
to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  have  power  to  establish  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Police  Department, 
and  prescribe  and  enforce  the  penalties  for  their  violation. 

Sec.  95a.  The  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  shall  have 
power  to  grant  permits,  under  and  in  conformity  with  the  ordi- 
nances of  said  city,  authorizing  the  City  Clerk  to  issue  licenses 
to  persons  desiring  to  engage  in  the  sale  of  liquors,  and  to  re- 
voke any  such  permit  when  it  shall  appear  to  the  board  that  the 
business  of  the  person  to  whom  such  permit  was  given  is  con- 
ducted in  an  illegal,  disorderly,  or  improper  manner.     Without 

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such  permit  no  person  shall  engage  in  the  business  of  selling 
liquor. 

Sec.  96.  The  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  shall  meet  at 
least  once  a  week.  The  board  shall  appoint  a  secretary,  who 
shall  not  be  a  member  of  the  board,  and  who  shall  receive  such 
salary  as  the  Council,  by  ordinance,  shall  prescribe.  The  secre- 
tary shall  keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  and 
may  certify  such  proceedings  under  his  hand,  to  be  authenticated 
by  seal,  if  a  seal  be  adopted  and  provided  by  the  board  for  that 
purpose,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  board  may 
prescribe.  The  board  shall  maintain  an  office,  to  be  provided 
by  the  Council,  for  the  transaction  of  the  business  of  the  depart- 
ment. A  majority  of  the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  shall 
constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

Sec.  96a.  The  Board  of  Police  Commissioners,  the  Chief 
of  Police,  and  other  members  and  employees  of  the  Police  De- 
partment, shall  have  such  further  powers  and  be  subject  to  such 
further  duties  as  may  be  granted  or  imposed  by  ordinance. 


ARTICLE  X. 

POLICE  COURTS. 

.  Sec.  97.  The  judicial  power  of  the  city  shall  be  vested  in 
a  Police  Court. 

Sec.  98.  Each  of  the  Police  Judges  may  hold  such  court, 
and  there  may  be  as  many  sessions  of  the  Police  Court  held  at 
one  time  as  there  are  Police  Judges. 

Sec.  99.  The  Police  Judges  shall  have  the  power  of  ex- 
amining magistrates  and  may  commit  offenders  for  trial  in  the 
proper  court. 

Sec.  100.  The  Police  Court  shall  have  exclusive  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  criminal  proceedings  for  a  violation  of  any  city  ordi- 
nance, and  of  all  civil  actions  and  proceedings  arising  out  of  a 
violation  of  such  ordinances,  and  for  the  collection  of  any  license 

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required  by  any  ordinance,  except  such  actions  and  proceedings 
as  fall  within  the  jurisdiction  of  other  courts  under  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Constitution  of  this  State. 

Sec.  101.  The  Police  Court  shall  also  have  exclusive  juris- 
diction of  the  following  public  offenses  committed  within  the  city 
(except  when  prosecuted  by  indictment  or  information)  :  1, 
petty  larceny;  2,  assault  and  battery;  3,  breaches  of  the  peace, 
riot,  committing  wilful  injury  to  property,  and  all  misdemeanors 
punishable  by  fine  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail,  or  by 
both;  4,  proceedings  respecting  vagrants,  lewd  or  disorderly 
persons. 

Sec.  102.  The  Clerks  of  said  Court  shall  remain  at  their 
respective  courtrooms  during  business  hours  and  for  such  rea- 
sonable times  thereafter  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  discharge 
of  their  duties. 

Sec.  103.  All  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  collected  by 
said  Police  Court  shall  be  the  property  of  the  city,  and  shall  be 
immediately  deposited  with  the  City  Treasurer  for  the  use  of 
said  city. 

Sec.  104.  The  city  shall  furnish  the  necessary  dockets,  and 
all  blanks  and  other  books  and  papers  and  stationery  necessary 
in  the  transaction  of  the  business  of  the  said  Police  Court.  A 
complete  record  of  all  cases  shall  be  entered  in  the  docket  of 
said  court.  Separate  dockets  shall  be  kept  for  the  civil  and 
criminal  business. 

Sec.  105.  The  said  court  shall  have  a  seal,  which  shall  be 
furnished  by  the  city 

Sec.  106.  The  Police  Court  shall  always  be  open  for  the 
transaction  of  business,  except  on  Sundays  and  other  legal  holi- 
days. 


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ARTICLE  XL 

[Amendment,   191 L] 

FIRE   DEPARTMENT. 

Sec.  107.  There  is  hereby  estabHshed  a  department  of  the 
government  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  be  known  as  the  Fire 
Department,  which  shall  be  under  the  management  and  control 
of  a  board  of  three  commissioners,  to  be  known  as  the  Board  of 
Fire  Commissioners. 

Sec.  108.  The  Mayor,  who  shall  be  ex-ofUcio  a  member  and 
president  of  the  board,  and  two  electors  of  the  city  who  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  a  ma- 
jority of  the  Council,  shall  constitute  the  Board  of  Fire  Com- 
missioners. The  appointive  members  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Com- 
missioners shall  serve  without  compensation,  and  shall  hold  office 
for  four  years,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and 
qualified;  provided,  hozvever,  that  the  first  members  of  the  said 
board  appointed  hereunder,  shall  hold  office  until  the  first  Mon- 
day in  January,  1912,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed 
and  qualified. 

Sec.  109.  The  Fire  Department  shall  consist  of  a  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department,  who  shall  be  appointed  and  be 
subject  to  removal  by  the  Mayor,  and  as  many  subordinate  offi- 
cers, and  such  firemen  and  employees  as  the  council  shall  by 
ordinance  determine. 

Sec.  110.  All  appointments  in  the  Fire  Department  shall  be 
made  by  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department,  subject  to 
approval  by  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners,  and  subject  to 
such  civil  service  regulations  as  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in 
force.  The  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department  shall  have 
the  power  to  suspend  or  remove  any  officer  or  employee  in  the 
Fire  Department;  but  no  such  suspension  or  removal  shall  be 
made  except  for  cause,  which  shall  be  stated  in  writing  and  filed 
with  said  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners,  with  certification  that  a 
copy  of  such  statement  has  been  served  upon  the  person  so  sus- 

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pended  or  removed  personally,  or  by  leaving  a  copy  thereof  at 
his  last  known  place  of  residence  if  he  cannot  be  found.  Upon 
such  filing  the  suspension  or  removal  shall  take  effect.  Within 
fifteen  days  after  suc;h  statement  shall  have  been  filed,  the  said 
board,  upon  its  own  motion,  may,  or  upon  written  application 
of  the  person  so  suspended  or  removed,  filed  with  said  board 
within  five  days  after  service  upon  him  of  such  statement  as 
above  provided,  shall  proceed  to  investigate  the  grounds  for  such 
suspension  or  removal.  If,  in  the  case  of  a  removal,  the  said 
board,  after  such  investigation,  shall  find  in  writing  that  the 
grounds  stated  were  insufficient,  or  were  not  sustained,  and  also 
finds  in  writing  that  the  person  removed  is  a  fit  and  suitable 
person  to  fill  the  position  from  which  he  was  removed,  the  said 
board  shall  reinstate  him  in  such  position;  and  if,  in  the  case 
of  a  suspension,  the  board,  after  such  investigation,  shall  find 
in  writing  that  the  grounds  stated  were  insufficient,  or  were  not 
sustained,  the  said  board  shall  restore  the  person  so  suspended  to 
duty.  The  order  of  said  board  with  respect  to  such  suspension 
or  removal  shall  be  final  and  conclusive.  Any  person  restored 
to  duty  or  reinstated  in  his  position  after  suspension  or  removal, 
as  provided  in  this  section,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  compen- 
sation from  the  city  the  same  as  if  such  suspension  or  removal 
had  not  been  made. 

Sec.  111.  The  salaries  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire 
Department  and  of  all  other  officers  and  employees  of  the  Fire 
Department  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Council,  by  ordinance. 

Sec.  Ilia.  The  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  shall  appoint 
a  secretary,  who  shall  not  be  a  member  of  the  board,  and  who 
shall  receive  such  salary  as  the  Council,  by  ordinance,  shall  pre- 
scribe. He  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board, 
and  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  board  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  112.  The  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  shall,  subject 
to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  have  power  to  establish  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Fire  Department,  and 
prescribe  and  enforce  the  penalties  for  their  violation. 

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Sec.  112a.  In  case  of  fire  occurring  on  any  vessel  in  Los 
Angeles  harbor,  or  in  the  other  navigable  waters  of  said  city, 
or  in  or  upon  any  dock,  wharf,  pier,  warehouse,  building  or 
other  structure  bordering  upon  or  adjacent  to  said  harbor  or 
waters,  full  power  and  authority  to  direct  and  command  the 
operation  of  extinguishing  said  fire  and  to  take  the  necessary 
precautions  to  prevent  communication  thereof  to  the  shipping 
in  said  harbor  and  other  waters,  or  to  the  docks,  wharves,  piers, 
warehouses  or  other  buildings  or  structures  bordering  upon  or 
adjacent  thereto,  shall  be  vested  in  the  Fire  Department  of  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles. 

The  officers  of  said  Fire  Department  in  charge  at  the  scene 
of  any  such  fire  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  direct 
the  operation  of  extinguishing  the  same  and  to  take  the  neces- 
sary precautions  to  prevent  the  communication  thereof  to  the 
shipping  in  said  harbor  and  other  waters,  or  to  any  docks, 
wharves,  piers,  warehouses  or  other  buildings  or  structures  bor- 
dering upon  or  adjacent  thereto,  and  in  the  course  of  such  op- 
eration may  prohibit  the  approach  of  such  fire  or  to  a  vessel, 
dock,  wharf,  pier,  warehouse  or  other  building  or  structure  in 
danger  therefrom,  of  any  tugboat  or  other  vessel,  or  of  any 
person;  or  may  remove  or  cause  to  be  removed  and  kept  away 
from  the  vicinity  of  such  fire  all  tugboats  and  other  vessels,  all 
idle  and  suspicious  persons  and  all  persons  not  fit  to  be  employed 
or  not  actually  and  usefully  employed,  in  their  judgment,  in  aid- 
ing the  extinguishing  of  such  fire,  or  in  the  preservation  of  prop- 
erty in  the  vicinity  thereof. 

Any  person  who  shall  in  any  way  obstruct  the  operations 
of  said  Fire  Department  in  connection  with  any  such  fire,  or 
who  shall  disobey  any  lawful  command  of  the  officers  of  said 
Fire  Department  in  charge  at  the  scene  of  such  fire,  or  of  the 
police  in  co-operating  with  them,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor  and  shall  be  punishable  in  such  manner  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  ordinance. 

Nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  be  construed  to  limit 

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the  authority  of  the  master  or  officers  of  any  such  vessel  on  fire 
or  in  clanger  from  fire,  subject  to  the  general  authority  granted 
herein  of  the  Fire  Department  to  control  the  operations  in  pro- 
tection of  the  public  interest. 

Sec.  112b.  The  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  and  the  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department,  and  all  other  officers  and 
employees  of  the  Fire  Department,  shall  have  such  other  powers 
and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  granted  or  imposed 
by  ordinance. 


ARTICLE  XII. 
[Amendment,   1911.] 

PARK  DEPARTMENT. 

Sec.  113.  There  is  hereby  created  a  department  of  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  be  known  as  the  Park 
Department,  which  shall  be  under  the  management  and  control 
of  a  board  of  three  commissioners,  to  be  known  as  the  Board  of 
Park  Commissioners. 

Sec.  114.  The  members  of  the  Board  of  Park  Commission- 
ers shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  a 
majority  of  the  Council.  No  person  shall  be  appointed  a  park 
commissioner  who  is  not  a  qualified  elector  of  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles.  The  members  of  said  board  shall  serve  without  com- 
pensation. 

Sec.  115.  The  term  of  office  of  the  members  of  the  Board 
of  Park  Commissioners  shall  be  four  years;  provided,  however, 
that  the  three  members  first  appointed  hereunder  shall  so  classify 
themselves  by  lot  that  one  shall  go  out  of  office  on  the  first  Mon- 
day in  January,  1913,  one  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1914, 
and  one  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1915.  If  any  vacancy 
occurs  the  Mayor  shall  fill  the  same  for  the  unexpired  term,  sub- 
ject to  confirmation  by  a  majority  of  the  Council. 

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Sec.  116.  Immediately  after  their  appointment,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  first  appointed  here- 
under shall  organize  by  electing  one  of  their  members  presi- 
dent, who  shall  hold  his  office  for  one  year,  and  until  his  suc- 
cessor is  elected,  unless  his  membership  on  the  board  sooner 
expires.  The  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  shall  appoint  a  sec- 
retary, not  a  member  of  the  board,  who  shall  receive  such  com- 
pensation as  may  be  fixed  by  ordinance.  The  secretary  shall 
keep  a  record  of  all  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  specifying  the 
names  of  the  commissioners  present  at  all  meetings,  and  giving 
the  ayes  and  noes  upon  all  votes.  The  secretary  of  the  board 
may  certify  such  proceedings  under  his  seal,  if  a  seal  be  adopted 
and  provided  by  the  board  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  perform 
such  other  duties  as  the  board  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  117.  The  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  shall  maintain 
an  office,  to  be  provided  by  the  Council,  and  prescribe  office  hours 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  public.  It  shall  hold  regular  meet- 
ings at  least  once  in  each  week. 

Sec.  118.  The  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  shall  have 
power : 

(a)  To  make  and  enforce  all  such  rules  and  regulations  as 
may  be  necessary  or  expedient  for  its  own  guidance,  for  the 
government  of  the  Park  Department,  for  the  conduct  of  the 
officers  and  employees  of  said  department,  and  for  the  adminis- 
tration, government  and  protection  of  the  parks  and  park  sys- 
tem of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  may  prescribe  and  enforce 
penalties  for  the  violation  of  such  rules  and  regulations,  subject 
to  ordinances  of  the  Council. 

(b)  To  appoint  and  define  the  duties  of  a  Superintendent 
of  Parks  and  such  assistants  and  other  employees  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  ordinance,  subject  to  such  civil  service  rules  and  regu- 
lations as  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in  force,  and  to  dis- 
charge, remove  or  suspend  them,  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
this  Charter. 

(c)  To  purchase  and  lease  property  for  park  purposes,  or 

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for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  Park  Department,  and  to  have 
general  supervision,  control,  care  and  custody  of  all  real  and 
personal  property  owned  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  and  used 
in  and  about  the  parks  or  park  system  of  said  city,  and  generally 
to  do  any  and  all  things  that  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the 
spirit  and  intent  of  this  Charter  in  establishing,  maintaining, 
operating,  improving  and  enlarging  the  public  parks  and  park 
system  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles ;  and 

(d)  Subject  to  such  ordinances  as  may  from  time  to  time 
be  adopted  by  the  Council,  to  have  and  exercise  charge,  superin- 
tendence and  control  of  the  design,  location,  construction,  main- 
tenance and  use  of  all  buildings,  pavilions  and  other  structures, 
and  all  fountains,  statues,  sculptures,  monuments,  arches  or  other 
structures  in  such  parks,  pertaining  to  park  purposes,  and  in- 
tended for  the  convenience  of  the  public,  or  for  the  ornamenta- 
tion of  such  parks. 

Sec.  119.  The  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  may,  for  and 
on  behalf  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  receive  donations,  legacies 
or  bequests  for  the  improvement  or  maintenance  of  said  parks 
or  park  system,  or  for  the  acquisition  of  new  parks,  and  all 
moneys  that  may  be  derived  from  such  donations,  legacies  or 
bequests  shall,  unless  otherwise  provided  by  the  terms  of  such 
donation,  legacy  or  bequest,  be  deposited  in  the  treasury  of  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles,  to  the  credit  of  the  park  fund.  The  same 
may  be  withdrawn  therefrom  and  paid  out  only  in  the  same 
manner  as  is  provided  for  the  payment  of  moneys  legally  ap- 
propriated for  the  support  and  improvement  of  such  parks  and 
park  system.  If  the  moneys  derived  from  such  gifts,  bequests  or 
legacies  shall  at  any  time  exceed  in  amount  the  sum  necessary 
for  immediate  expenditure  on  said  parks  and  park  system,  the 
board  may  invest  all  or  a  part  of  the  same  in  interest-bearing 
bonds  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  State  of  California,  or  of 
any  county,  municipality  or  school  district  thereof.  As  to  all 
such  property,  the  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  shall  be  deemed 


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and  considered  to  be  a  special  trustee  thereof  for  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles. 

Sec.  119a.  The  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  shall  have 
such  additional  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
granted  or  imposed  by  ordinance. 

Sec.  119b.  All  lands  and  real  property  located  in  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles  which  have  been  heretofore,  or  which  may  be 
hereafter,  set  apart  or  dedicated  for  the  use  of  the  public  as  a 
public  park  or  parks,  shall  forever  remain  to  the  use  of  the 
public  as  such  park  or  parks,  inviolate,  and  no  part  of  said  lands 
or  real  property  shall  ever  be  used  or  occupied  for  any  other 
purpose. 


ARTICLE  XIIL 
[Amendment,  1911.] 

HEALTH    DEPARTMENT. 

Sec.  120.  There  is  hereby  established  a  department  of  the 
government  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  be  known  as  the 
Health  Department. 

Sec.  121.  The  Health  Department  shall  be  under  the  man- 
agement and  control  of  a  commissioner,  to  be  known  as  the 
Health  Commissioner.  He  shall  devote  all  his  time  to  the  per- 
formance of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  shall  have  such  powers 
and  perform  such  duties,  in  addition  to  those  prescribed  in  this 
Charter,  as  may  be  prescribed  from  time  to  time  by  ordinance. 
The  person  holding  the  office  of  health  officer  at  the  time  of  the 
adoption  of  this  article  shall  be  entitled  to  take  and  hold  the  office 
of  Health  Commissioner  until  removed  by  the  Mayor,  or  his 
successor  is  appointed. 

Sec.  122.  The  Health  Commissioner  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Council.  He  shall 
receive  such  compensation  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 
He  shall  be  provided  by  the  Council  with  a  suitable  office  and 

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rooms  in  which  to  transact  the  business  of  the  Health  Depart- 
ment. 

Sec.  123.  The  Heahh  Department  shall  consist  of  as  many 
physicians,  officers,  chemists,  inspectors,  clerks,  assistants  and 
other  employees  as  the  Council  may,  by  ordinance,  from  time  to 
time  determine  to  be  necessary.  All  appointments  in  the  Health 
Department  shall  be  made  by  the  Health  Commissioner,  subject 
to  such  civil  service  rules  and  regulations  as  are  now  or  may 
hereafter  be  in  force.  He  shall  have  power  to  suspend  or  re- 
move any  of  such  appointees,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this 
Charter. 

Sec.  124.  The  Health  Commissioner  shall  be  a  graduate  of 
a  reputable  medical  college,  and  shall  have  practiced  medicine 
for  at  least  five  years  prior  to  his  appointment.  He  shall  be 
licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  the  state  of  California.  The 
qualifications,  salaries  and  duties  of  all  officers,  chemists,  in- 
spectors, clerks,  assistants  and  other  employees  in  the  Health 
Department  shall  be  such  as  the  Council  may  by  ordinance  pre- 
scribe. 

Sec.  125.  The  Health  Commissioner  shall  have  supervision, 
jurisdiction  and  control,  under  such  ordinances  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  adopted  by  the  Council,  of  the  sanitary  condi- 
tion and  the  general  health  of  the  city,  and  of  all  matters  per* 
taining  thereto,  including  also  the  sanitary  condition  of  all 
schools,  jails,  hospitals,  and  other  public  buildings,  and  all  health 
establishments  or  institutions  of  whatever  kind,  whether  public 
or  private.  He  shall  have  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  see 
that  all  such  ordinances  and  all  rules  and  regulations  of  his  de- 
partment are  enforced,  and  may  call  upon  any  police  officer  or 
officers  at  any  time  to  assist  in  the  enforcement  thereof.  The 
Health  Commissioner  shall  have  power,  subject  to  approval  by 
a  majority  of  the  Council,  to  make  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
conduct  of  the  Health  Department,  and  the  carrying  out  of  his 
powers,  not  in  conflict  with  this  Charter  or  any  ordinances  of 
the  city. 

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Sec.  126.  The  Health  Commissioner  and  all  regularly  ap- 
pointed officers  and  employees  of  the  Health  Department  shall 
have  the  right  and  power  to  arrest  any  person  or  persons  who 
may  violate  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  pertaining  to  sani- 
tation and  health,  and  any  of  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
department.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  any  police  officer  or 
policeman  to  arrest  any  person  guilty  of  such  violation. 


ARTICLE  XIV. 
[Amendment,  1905.] 

DEPARTMENT  OF   PUBLIC   WORKS. 

Sec.  143.  There  is  hereby  created  a  department  of  said 
city,  to  be  known  as  the  ''Department  of  Public  Works,"  which 
shall  be  under  the  management  and  control  of  a  board  of  three 
commissioners,  to  be  known  as  "The  Board  of  PubUc  Works." 

(a)  Said  commissioners  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor, 
subject  to  confirmation  by  a  majority  of  the  Council.  All  such 
appointments  shall  be  so  made  that  not  more  than  two  members 
of  the  board  shall,  at  any  one  time,  belong  to  the  same  political 
party.  Each  of  said  commissioners  shall  receive  an  annual  salary 
of  $3600,  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments,  and  shall  give 
a  bond  to  the  city  in  the  sum  of  $10,000,  conditioned  for  the 
faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

(b)  The  term  of  office  of  members  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  shall  be  four  years.  The  term  of  office  of  the  three  mem- 
bers first  appointed  hereunder  shall  commence  on  the  first  Mon- 
day in  January,  1906,  and  said  three  members  shall  so  classify 
themselves  by  lot  that  one  shall  go  out  of  office  at  the  end  of  two 
years,  one  at  the  end  of  three  years,  and  one  at  the  end  of  four 
years  thereafter.  If  any  vacancy  occurs,  the  Mayor  shall  fill  the 
same  by  appointment  for  the  unexpired  term. 

(c)  The  commissioners  shall  organize  by  electing  one  of 
their  members  president,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  one  year, 

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and  until  his  successor  is  elected,  unless  his  membership  on  the 
board  sooner  expires. 

(d)  The  board  sliall  maintain  an  office  and  prescribe  office 
hours  for  the  convenience  of  the  public.  It  shall  hold  regular 
stated  meetings  at  least  once  in  each  week.  The  commissioners 
shall  devote  all  their  time  during  official  business  hours  to  the 
duties  of  their  office. 

(e)  The  board  shall  appoint  a  secretary,  not  a  member  of 
the  board,  who  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the  Council  shall  by 
ordinance  prescribe.  He  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  its  transac- 
tions, specifying  therein  the  names  of  the  commissioners  present 
at  all  the  meetings,  and  giving  the  ayes  and  noes  upon  all  votes. 
He  shall  post  and  publish  all  orders,  resolutions  and  notices, 
which  the  board  shall  order  to  be  posted  or  published,  and  shall 
perform  such  other  duties  as  are  herein  or  may  be,  by  order 
of  the  board,  imposed  upon  him. — [Amendment,  1911.] 

(f)  The  three  members  of  the  Board  of  PubHc  Works  and 
the  secretary  thereof  shall  be  officers  of  the  municipality  in  addi- 
tion to  the  other  officers  thereof  provided  for  herein. 

(g)  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  appoint  an  inspector 
of  public  works,  who  shall  perform  such  duties  as  the  board  may 
prescribe,  and  whose  salary  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Council.  The 
inspector  of  public  works  shall  give  such  bond  to  the  city,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  as 
the  Council  shall  prescribe. — [Amendment,  1911.] 

(h)  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  appoint  and  employ 
a  civil  engineer  of  not  less  than  five  years'  professional  experi- 
ence, who  shall  be  designated  as  the  city  engineer.  He  shall 
receive  such  salary  as  the  Council  shall  by  ordinance  prescribe, 
and  shall  hold  office  at  the  pleasure  of  the  board.  He  shall  per- 
form such  civil  engineering  and  surveying  necessary  in  the  pros- 
ecution of  public  work  done  under  the  direction  or  supervision 
of  the  board  as  said  board  may  require.  He  shall  make  such 
certificates  and  reports  upon  the  progress  of  such  work,  and 
shall  make  such  surveys,  inspections,  and  estimates,  and  perform 

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such  other  surveying  or  engineering  work  as  may  be  required 
by  said  board  or  by  the  City  Council.  He  shall  have  all  the 
powers  and  perform  all  the  duties  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter 
be  conferred  or  imposed  by  law,  or  by  ordinance,  upon  the  city 
engineer.  He  shall  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  duties  of  his 
office,  and  shall  receive  no  compensation  in  addition  to  his  sal- 
ary.—  [Amendment,  1911.  J 

(i)  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall,  subject  to  such  civil 
service  regulations  as  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  in  force,  ap- 
point and  employ  and  for  good  cause  remove,  such  superintend- 
ents, inspectors,  clerks  and  employees  as  the  City  Council  shall, 
by  ordinance,  from  time  to  time  prescribe,  and  the  board  shall 
establish  all  necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  exercise  of 
the  powers  conferred  in  this  article,  for  the  government  of  the 
Department  of  Public  Works,  and  for  the  regulation  and  conduct 
of  its  officers  and  employees,  and  may  require  of  any  or  all  of 
such  officers  and  employees,  except  laborers,  adequate  bonds  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  their  respective  duties. 

Sec.  144.  The  board  shall,  from  and  after  the  first  organi- 
zation thereof,  be  the  successor  in  office  of  the  street  superin- 
tendent and  of  the  superintendent  of  buildings,  and  shall  have 
all  the  powers  and  perform  all  the  duties  that  are  now  or  may 
hereafter  be  conferred  or  imposed  by  law  upon  said  officials, 
respectively,  and  the  board  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as 
are  herein  or  may  be,  by  ordinance,  imposed  upon  it. 

Sec.  145.  (a)  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  have  and 
exercise  all  the  powers  and  duties  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter 
be  conferred  or  imposed  by  law  upon  the  City  Council  re- 
lating to: 

1.  The  advertising  for,  and  inviting  of  proposals  or  bids 
for  doing  any  work  ordered  by  the  City  Council  to  be  done  in 
or  upon  any  streets,  avenues,  lanes,  alleys,  courts  or  places,  or 
in  the  construction  of  any  sewer  or  drain,  ordered  by  the  City 
Council  in  or  over  the  right-of-way  granted  or  acquired  for  such 
purpose ; 

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2.  The  examining,  considering,  and  declaring  of  such  pro- 
posals or  bids; 

3.  The  awarding,  letting  and  re-letting  of  contracts  for 
doing  any  of  said  work  so  ordered,  the  giving  notice  of  such 
award,  the  rejection  of  proposals  or  .bids  for  doing  such  work, 
and  the  granting  of  extensions  of  time  for  the  completion  thereof 
by  the  contractor  therefor. 

4.  The  approval  and  the  fixing  of  the  amount  of  bonds  re- 
quired to  be  given  by  contractors  prior  to,  or  at  the  time  of  exe- 
cuting contracts  for  such  work,  and  the  fixing  of  the  time  within 
which  such  work  shall  be  commenced  and  completed. 

The  board  shall  also  have  and  exercise  all  of  the  powers  and 
duties  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  conferred  or  imposed 
by  law  upon  the  Mayor  relating  to  the  approval  of  the  award  of 
contracts  for  any  of  the  work  mentioned  in  this  section. 

The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  also  have  and  exercise  all 
of  the  powers  and  duties  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  con- 
ferred or  imposed  by  law  upon  any  commission  provided  for  by 
law  to  assess  the  benefits,  damages  and  costs  incident  to  a  pro- 
posed change  of  grade  of  any  public  street,  alley,  lane  or  court. 

(b)  The  president  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  shall 
have  and  exercise  all  of  the  powers  and  duties  that  are  now  or 
may  hereafter  be  conferred  or  imposed  by  law  upon  the  Mayor 
relating  to  the  approval  and  fixing  of  the  amount  of  bonds  re- 
quired to  be  given  by  contractors  prior  to  or  at  the  time  of  exe- 
cuting contracts  for  such  work. 

(c)  The  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  have 
and  exercise  all  the  powers  and  duties  that  are  now  or  may  be 
hereafter  conferred  or  imposed  by  law  upon  the  City  Clerk  or 
the  clerk  of  the  City  Council  relating  to : 

1.  The  receipt,  care  and  custody  of  proposals  or  bids  for 
doing  any  of  the  work  mentioned  in  this  section. 

2.  The  care  and  custody  of  all  checks  and  bonds  accom- 
panying such  proposals  or  bids. 

Sec.  146.     The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  have  charge, 

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superintendence  and  control,  under  such  ordinances  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  adopted  by  the  City  Council: 

1.  Of  all  public  ways,  streets,  avenues,  boulevards,  lanes, 
alleys,  places  and  courts,  now  open  or  which  may  hereafter  be 
opened,  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles;  of  the  manner  of  their  use 
and  occupation;  of  all  work  and  improvements  done  in,  on,  over 
or  under  the  same,  and  of  all  excavations  made  in  or  under  the 
same. 

2.  Of  the  design,  construction,  maintenance  and  use  of  all 
sewers,  drains  and  storm  drains  of  the  city,  and  of  all  connec- 
tions therewith. 

3.  Of  the  cleaning,  sprinkling,  maintenance,  repair,  and 
lighting  of  all  public  ways,  streets,  avenues,  boulevards,  lanes, 
alleys,  places  and  courts ;  the  lighting  of  all  public  parks,  and  the 
lighting,  heating  and  ventilating  of  all  public  buildings  belonging 
to  the  city. 

4.  Of  the  design,  construction,  alteration,  repair,  mainte- 
nance and  care  of  all  public  works  and  improvements,  and  of  all 
public  buildings  belonging  to  the  city. 

5.  Of  the  disposal  of  garbage,  sewage  and  street  refuse. 

6.  Of  all  public  utilities  that  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be 
owned,  controlled  or  operated  by  the  city,  other  than  waterworks 
and  electric  power  and  light  works  and  systems,  and  except 
wharves,  piers,  docks,  warehouses  and  other  utilities  of  the  city 
pertaining  to  the  water  front,  harbors  and  other  navigable  waters 
within  the  city. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  146%.  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  have  charge, 
superintendence  and  control  of  the  design,  construction  and  es- 
tablishment of  an  aqueduct  system  extending  from  a  point  in 
the  Owens  River  Valley,  in  the  State  of  California,  to  a  point 
in  the  San  Fernando  Valley,  in  the  County  of  Los  Angeles,  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
viding said  city  with  a  water  supply  from  the  watershed  of  said 
Owens  River;  provided,  that  upon  the  completion  of  said  aque- 
duct system  the  same  shall  thereafter  be  managed,  controlled  and 

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maintained  by  the  Board  of  Public  Service  Commissioners,  as 
in  the  case  of  other  waterworks  belonging  to  said  city. 

The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  also  have  charge,  super- 
intendence and  control  of  the  design,  construction  and  estab- 
lishment of  wharves,  docks,  piers,  warehouses,  sea  walls  and 
other  improvements  on  the  water  front,  and  the  approaches 
thereto  to  be  constructed  or  acquired  by  or  through  the  expendi- 
ture of  the  proceeds  of  harbor  improvement  bonds,  which  are 
now  or  may  be  authorized  prior  to  January  1,  1912,  under  such 
designs  and  plans  as  may  be  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Works,  with  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commission- 
ers ;  provided,  that  upon  the  completion  of  any  such  improve- 
ment upon  the  water  front,  the  same  shall  thereafter  be  managed, 
controlled  and  maintained  by  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commission- 
ers. And  the  proceeds  of  all  harbor  improvement  bonds  that 
may  be  authorized  after  January  1,  1912,  shall  be  expended  by 
the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners. — [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  146y2.  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  have  power 
to  acquire  and  take  by  purchase,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  in 
the  name  of  the  city,  any  and  all  property  that  may  be  necessary 
or  convenient  for  the  construction  or  completion  of  any  public 
work  or  improvement,  the  construction  or  completion  of  which 
the  Board  of  Public  Works  has  charge,  superintendence,  or  con- 
trol, and  the  cost  of  which  is  to  be  paid  from  the  proceeds  of 
bonds  issued  and  sold  by  said  city. —  [Amendment,  1907.] 

Sec.  147.  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  have  charge 
of  the  enforcement  of  all  ordinances  relating  to  the  construction, 
alteration,  repair,  demolition  or  removal  of  buildings  and  struc- 
tures in  the  city;  and  to  the  arrangement,  alteration  and  repair, 
use  and  operation  of  all  heating,  plumbing,  lighting,  ventilating 
and  electrical  and  mechanical  appliances  therein. 

Sec.  149.  All  instruments,  warrants,  records,  certificates, 
notices,  or  other  documents  required  to  be  signed  or  executed  by 
the  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  be  signed  on  order  of  the  board 
by  the  president  or  by  two  members  thereof. 


CITY     OF     LOS     ANGELES. 

Sec.  150.  The  Board  of  Public  Works  shall  present  to  the 
City  Council  at  its  meeting  in  the  second  week  of  July,  in  each 
year,  a  report  for  the  year  ending  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  June 
next  preceding,  which  shall  show  the  amount  of  money  received 
from  the  sale  of  bonds,  the  purposes  for  which  such  money  has 
been  expended,  the  amount  so  expended,  and  the  balance  on  hand 
in  each  bond  fund,  and  also  such  information  and  suggestions  as 
it  may  deem  of  general  interest ;  and  the  Board  of  Public  Works 
shall  also,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each  month,  make  out 
and  present  to  the  City  Council  a  similar  statement  of  all  ex- 
penditures during  the  preceding  month  of  the  moneys  derived 
from  the  sale  of  bonds. —  [Amendment,  1909.] 

Sec.  151.  When  the  construction  or  completion  of  any  pub- 
lic work  or  improvement,  the  cost  of  which  is  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  bonds,  is  to  be  carried  on  outside 
the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  Board  of  Public  Works  shall 
deem  it  necessary  or  convenient  that  any  part  of  the  money  to 
be  expended  for  the  cost  of  such  work  or  improvements  shall  be 
disbursed  at  any  point  or  points  outside  said  city,  said  board  may 
appoint  a  disbursing  agent,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  disburse 
such  money  in  the  manner  hereinafter  specified.  The  said  dis- 
bursing agent  shall  enter  into  and  deliver  to  the  said  board  a 
bond  payable  to  the  city,  in  a  sum  to  be  fixed  by  said  board,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties,  executed  by 
himself,  and  by  a  responsible  surety  company,  or  if  required  by 
the  board,  by  two  or  more  sufficient  sureties  approved  by  the 
board,  and  said  board  may,  from  time  to  time,  require  from 
said  disbursing  agent  a  new  bond,  or  such  additional  bond  as  it 
may  deem  proper.  Said  board  shall,  after  the  execution  and 
delivery  of  such  bond,  by  resolution,  authorize  the  payment  and 
delivery  to  said  disbursing  agent  of  such  sum  of  money  as  it 
may  deem  proper,  and  said  sum  shall  thereupon  be  paid  to  said 
disbursing  agent  by  the  City  Treasurer  upon  a  demand  approved 
by  the  board  as  in  other  cases  out  of  the  fund  from  which  the 
cost  of  said  work  or  improvement  is  to  be  paid,  and  the  receipt 

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of  said  disbursing  agent  therefor  shall  release  the  City  Treasurer 
from  all  liability  for  the  moneys  so  paid.  Provided,  however, 
that  said  board  shall  not  authorize  the  payment  to  said  dis- 
bursing agent  of  any  money  which,  together  with  the  moneys 
already  paid  to  him  and  remaining  unexpended  as  herein  pro- 
vided, shall  exceed  fifty  per  cent  of  the  amount  of  the  bond  of 
said  disbursing  agent. 

That  said  disbursing  agent  shall  thereafter  pay  out  said 
money  as  may  be  required  in  the  prosecution  of  said  work  for 
services  or  for  material  and  supplies,  but  no  money  shall  be  paid 
by  him  except  upon  order  of  said  Board  of  Public  Works  and 
upon  vouchers  or  demands  certified  to  be  correct  by  the  officer 
or  agent  of  the  city  under  whose  direction  the  services  are  ren- 
dered or  the  materials  or  supplies  used. 

Said  disbursing  agent  shall,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of 
each  calendar  month,  and  at  such  other  times  as  may  be  required 
by  said  Board  of  Public  Works,  render  to  said  board  an  account 
showing  the  amount  of  money  in  his  hands  on  the  first  day  of 
the  preceding  calendar  month,  all  amounts  received,  and  all 
moneys  disbursed  by  him  during  said  preceding  month,  and  the 
amount  of  money  remaining  in  his  hands  on  the  last  day  of  said 
preceding  month. 

Said  disbursing  agent  shall  perform  such  other  duties  and 
comply  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  may  prescribe.  Said  agent  shall  be  exempt  from  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Civil  Service,  and  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the 
Council  by  ordinance  may  fix. — [Amendment,  1907.] 


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ARTICLE  XV. 

[Amendment,  1911.] 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC   UTILITIES. 

Sec.  152.  There  is  hereby  created  a  department  of  the  gov- 
ment  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  be  known  as  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Utilities,  which  shall  be  under  the  management 
and  control  of  a  board  of  three  commissioners,  to  be  known  as 
the  Board  of  Public  Utilities. 

Sec.  153.  Said  commissioners  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  a  majority  of  the  Council. 
The  term  of  office  of  members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Utilities 
shall  be  four  years,  except  that  the  term  of  office  of  the  members 
first  appointed  hereunder  shall  commence  with  the  taking  efifect 
of  this  article,  and  said  three  members  shall  so  classify  them- 
selves by  lot,  that  one  shall  go  out  of  office  on  the  first  Monday 
in  January,  1913,  one  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1914,  and 
one  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1915.  If  any  vacancy  occurs 
the  i\Iayor  shall,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Council,  fill  the 
same  by  appointment  for  the  unexpired  term. 

Sec.  154.  The  board  shall  organize  by  electing  one  of  its 
members  president,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  one  year,  and 
until  his  successor  is  elected,  unless  his  membership  on  the  board 
sooner  expires ;  provided,  hoivever,  that  the  term  of  office  of  the 
president  first  elected  shall  expire  on  the  first  Monday  in  Janu- 
ary, 1913.  The  board  shall  maintain  an  office,  to  be  provided  by 
the  City  Council,  and  shall  keep  the  same  open  for  the  conveni- 
ence of  the  public  during  such  time  as  may  be  prCvScribed  by 
ordinance.  The  board  may  appoint  a  secretary,  who  is  not  a 
member  of  the  board,  who  shall  receive  such  compensation  as 
the  Council,  by  ordinance,  may  prescribe.  The  secretary  shall 
keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  specifying  therein 
the  names  of  the  commissioners  present  at  all  the  meetings,  and 
giving  the  ayes  and  noes  upon  all  votes,  and  shall  perform  such 
other  duties  as  are  herein  or  may  by  order  of  the  board  be  im- 

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posed  Upon  him.  Said  board  shall  hold  regular  meetings  at  least 
once  in  each  week,  and  special  meetings  may  be  held  upon  a 
written  call  therefor,  signed  by  the  president,  or  by  two  members 
of  the  board,  and  notice  of  any  special  meeting  shall  be  given  by 
the  secretary  in  the  same  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordi- 
nance for  special  meetings  of  the  Council. 

Sec.  155.  The  powers  and  duties  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Utilities  shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  To  make,  at  such  times  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordi- 
nance, a  thorough  investigation  into  the  affairs  of  all  persons, 
firms  or  corporations  operating  or  maintaining  water,  electric 
lighting,  power,  gas  or  telephone  systems,  or  street  railways,  or 
interurban  railroads,  or  other  public  service  utilities,  in  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles  (excepting  wharves,  docks,  warehouses  and  other 
utilities  pertaining  to  the  water  front,  to  Los  Angeles  harbor  or 
to  other  navigable  waters  in  said  city),  and  compile  such  data 
as  may  be  necessary  to  determine  the  proper  charges  for  the 
services  furnished  or  supplied  by  such  persons,  firms  or  cor- 
porations, as  provided  in  this  Charter,  or  otherwise  by  law. 
Such  data  shall  include  a  valuation  of  the  physical  properties  of 
such  persons,  firms  or  corporations,  a  detailed  statement  of  gross 
and  net  earnings,  expenses,  capitalization  and  indebtedness 
thereof,  and  such  other  matters  as  the  board  may  deem  proper, 
and  shall  also  include  such  facts  and  figures  as  may  be  obtainable 
regarding  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  similar  systems  and 
utilities  in  other  municipalities.  The  board  shall  have  the  right, 
at  all  reasonable  times,  to  have  access  to,  and,  in  person  or  by 
their  duly  authorized  representatives,  to  examine  all  property  of 
such  persons,  firms  or  corporations  used  in  connection  with  such 
or  any  public  utility,  whether  such  property  be  situated  within 
or  without  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  to  examine  the  books, 
papers,  maps  and  records  showing  the  affairs,  transactions,  prop- 
erty and  financial  condition  of  such  persons,  firms  or  corpora- 
tions, for  the  purpose  of  such  investigation  and  the  compiling 
of  Mn  h  (lata,  and  to  require  reports  respecting  said  matters  from 

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such  persons,  firms  or  corporations  at  such  time  and  in  such 
form  as  said  board  may  prescribe. 

2.  To  fix,  subject  to  approval,  change  or  modification  by 
the  Council,  as  hereinafter  provided,  the  rates  to  be  charged  and 
collected  for  the  services  mentioned  in  subdivision  one  of  this 
section  (except  the  rates  for  the  use  of  docks,  wharves,  ware- 
houses and  other  utilities  pertaining  to  the  water  front,  to  Los 
Angeles  harbor,  or  to  other  navigable  waters  in  said  city),  such 
rates  to  be  so  fixed  for  such  periods  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
ordinance,  or  otherwise  by  law,  but  in  no  event  for  a  period  less 
than  one  year,  nor  for  a  longer  period  than  three  years.  Such 
rates  shall  be  fixed  by  resolution  of  the  board,  to  be  recorded  in 
the  minutes  with  the  ayes  and  noes  at  length.  Any  such  reso- 
lution shall  be  adopted  within  such  time  as  shall  be  prescribed 
by  ordinance.  Immediately  upon  the  adoption  of  any  such  reso- 
lution, a  copy  of  the  same,  certified  by  the  secretary  of  said 
board,  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk.  The  City  Clerk  shall 
present  such  resolution  to  the  Council  at  its  next  regular  meet- 
ing, and  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  published  for  five  days  in  a 
daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  and  circulated  in  said 
city.  Any  person  interested  in  or  afifected  by  the  rates  specified 
in  any  such  resolution  may,  within  fifteen  days  after  the  expira- 
tion of  such  publication  file  objections  thereto  with  the  City 
Clerk,  specifying  the  grounds  of  such  objections,  and  petition  the 
Council  for  a  rehearing  of  such  rates.  The  City  Clerk  shall  lay 
all  such  objections  before  the  Council  at  its  next  regular  meeting 
after  the  expiration  of  the  time  for  filing  the  same.  The  Council 
may,  upon  any  such  petition,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  its 
members,  order  a  rehearing  of  the  rates  objected  to.  If  such 
rehearing  be  ordered,  the  Council  shall  consider  such  rates  and 
shall  hear  and  pass  upon  the  objections  thereto  at  such  time, 
and  under  such  rules  and  mode  of  procedure  as  it  shall  by  ordi- 
nance prescribe,  and  shall  have  the  power  to  finally  fix  such  rates 
by  approving,  changing  or  modifying  the  same,  such  approval, 
change   or    modification   to   be    made   by   ordinance;   prozfided, 

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however,  that  in  order  to  change  or  modify  any  rates  fixed  by 
the  said  Board  of  PubHc  UtiUties,  the  affirmative  vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  entire  Council  shall  be  necessary. 

All  rates  to  which  no  objections  are  filed  or  offered  shall 
be  deemed  to  be  finally  fixed  by  said  Board  of  Public  Utilities. 
All  rates  finally  fixed  under  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall 
be  so  fixed  as  to  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  July  thereafter. 

3.  To  investigate  any  and  all  complaints  against  the  service 
or  charges  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  operating  any  pub- 
lic service  utility  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  (excepting  wharves, 
docks,  wariehouses  and  other  utilities  pertaining  to  the  water 
front,  to  Los  Angeles  harbor,  or  to  other  navigable  waters  in 
the  City  of  Los  Angeles),  or  furnishing  any  public  service  to 
the  said  city  or  its  inhabitants,  including  the  supplying  of  water, 
electric  light,  power,  gas,  and  telephone  service,  and  the  opera- 
tion of  street  railways  and  interurban  railroads,  and  to  recom- 
mend legislation  to  the  City  Council,  or  action  to  executive 
officers  of  the  city,  whenever  in  the  judgment  of  said  board  such 
legislation  or  such  action  may  be  necessary. 

4.  To  superintend  the  inspection  of  all  public  utilities  op- 
erated, maintained  or  furnished  by  persons,  firms  or  corporations 
in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  as  to  their  compliance  with  their 
franchises,  and  with  the  law  and  the  ordinances  of  said  city  reg- 
ulating the  manner  of  conducting  their  business,  including  also 
the  inspection  and  testing  of  meters,  both  gas  and  electric,  and 
the  testing  of  gas,  and  the  service  and  charges  of  such  persons, 
firms  or  corporations,  and  their  treatment  of  the  public,  and, 
from  time  to  time,  to  recommend  such  legislation  or  executive 
action  based  on  such  investigation,  as  in  their  judgment  may  be 
required. 

5.  To  prepare  and  keep  a  detailed  and  indexed  record  of 
all  public  service  franchises  granted  by  the  city  that  are  now  in 
existence,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  granted,  showing  the  date, 
location,  term  thereof,  and  all  other  essential  facts,  and  a  similar 


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record,  so  far  as  practicable,  of  all  other  public  franchises  exer- 
cised in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 

6.  To  make  a  report  to  the  Council,  in  the  month  of 
August  of  each  year,  of  which  not  less  than  1000  copies  shall 
be  printed  for  distribution  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  giving  the 
essential  facts  and  figures  concerning  the  aforesaid  public  utilities 
operated  and  maintained  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  comparing 
their  charges  and  character  of  service  with  those  of  similar  utili- 
ties in  other  municipalities.  Such  report  shall  contain  a  digest 
of  the  transactions  of  the  board  during  the  year  ending  on  the 
30th  day  of  June  last  preceding,  together  with  such  information 
and  suggestions  relative  to  the  public  services  and  utilities  fur- 
nished or  operated  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  as  it  may  deem 
of  general  interest. 

Sec.  156.  Every  application  made  to  the  City  Council  for 
a  franchise  for  any  public  service  or  utility  (except  wharves, 
docks,  w^arehouses  or  other  utilities  pertaining  to  the  water  front, 
to  Los  iVngeles  harbor,  and  other  navigable  waters  within  said 
city),  shall,  before  any  action  is  taken  thereon,  be  referred  by 
the  Council  to  the  Board  of  Public  Utilities  for  its  recommenda- 
tion respecting  the  same.  Said  board  shall  proceed  to  inquire 
into  such  application,  and  within  thirty  days  after  such  applica- 
tion has  been  referred  to  it,  or  longer  if  allowed  by  the  Council, 
shall  report  to  the  Council  its  recommendation  relative  thereto. 
If,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  such  application  should  not 
be  advertised  for  sale  or  granted,  it  shall  so  report,  stating  its 
reasons  therefor;  and  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  such  ap- 
plication should  be  granted,  it  shall  recommend  the  terms  and 
conditions  upon  which  the  same  should  be  so  granted.  No  fran- 
chise shall  be  advertised  for  sale  or  granted  except  upon  an  ap- 
plication therefor  in  writing  previously  filed  with  the  City  Coun- 
cil, nor  unless  such  application  shall  have  been  referred  to  the 
Board  of  Public  Utilities  as  aforesaid;  provided,  however,  that 
if  said  board  shall  fail  to  report  thereon  within  the  time  herein 
prescribed,  or  as  extended  by  the  Council,  nothing  herein  con- 

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tained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  City  Council,  at  its  dis- 
cretion, from  proceeding  to  advertise  such  franchise  for  sale,  or 
from  awarding  the  same,  as  provided  by  law.  No  franchise 
shall  be  advertised  for  sale  or  granted  contrary  to  the  recom- 
mendations of  said  board  except  upon  a  three-fourths  vote  of 
the  entire  Council. 

Sec.  157.  The  Board  of  Public  Utilities  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  assistance  of  the  City  Attorney,  City  Prosecutor,  Chief  of 
Police,  City  Engineer  and  other  city  officers  whenever  the  same 
shall  be  required.  Said  board  is  also  hereby  authorized  to  em- 
ploy or  contract  in  behalf  of  the  city  for  the  services  of  such 
engineers  and  such  persons  qualified  to  render  professional, 
scientific,  technical  or  expert  services  as  the  board  may  deem 
necessary,  and  to  fix  the  compensation  of  all  such  persons. 

Sec.  158.  The  Board  of  Public  Utilities  shall  appoint,  sub- 
ject to  such  Civil  Service  regulations  as  are  now  or  may  here- 
after be  in  force,  such  inspectors,  clerks  and  other  officers  and 
employees  as  the  Council,  by  ordinance,  may  from  time  to  time 
prescribe.  They  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  may  be  fixed 
by  the  Council  by  ordinance.  Said  board  shall  have  power  to 
discharge,  remove  or  suspend  any  such  person,  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  this  Charter. 

Sec.  159.  Whenever  required  by  the  Board  of  Public  Utili- 
ties, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  op- 
erating a  system  for  supplying  water,  electric  light,  power,  gas 
or  telephone  service  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  or  its  inhabi- 
tants, or  operating  a  street  railway  or  interurban  railroad,  or 
other  public  service  utility  in  said  city  (except  wharves,  docks, 
warehouses,  and  other  utilities  pertaining  to  the  water  front,  to 
Los  Angeles  harbor,  or  other  navigable  waters  in  said  city),  to 
permit  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Utilities  and  any 
person  designated  by  such  board,  to  inspect  the  property  of  such 
system  or  utility,  pertaining  to  the  operation  or  maintenance 
thereof,  or  to  the  service  thereby  rendered,  and  to  examine  the 
books,  maps,  and  other  records  showing  the  aflfairs,  transactions, 

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property  and  financial  condition  of  the  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion operating  the  same. 

Sec.  160.  Whenever  any  pipe,  or  any  direct  or  primary 
wire  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  furnishing  electricity, 
power,  gas  or  water  or  telephone  service,  or  any  other  utility  or 
service,  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  city,  shall  be  within  one  thou- 
sand feet  of  any  residence  or  building,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
such  person,  firm  or  corporation,  upon  application  of  the  person 
owning  or  occupying  the  said  residence  or  building,  to  extend 
such  pipe  or  wire  so  as  to  connect  with  such  residence  or  build- 
ing, upon  the  deposit  by  such  applicant  with  such  person,  firm 
or  corporation,  of  the  actual  cost  of  making  such  extension  and 
connection ;  such  actual  cost  shall  be  determined  by  the  Board 
of  Public  Utilities  if  the  parties  do  not  agree  as  to  the  amount 
thereof.  Whenever  any  extension  or  connection  is  made  under 
the  provisions  of  this  section,  the  charges  for  all  service  fur- 
nished thereunder  shall  be  credited  by  the  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration furnishing  such  service  as  an  offset  against  the  amount 
so  deposited  for  such  extension  or  connection,  until  the  amount 
of  such  charges  shall  equal  the  amount  of  such  deposit. 

Sec.  161.  The  Board  of  Public  Utilities,  subject  to  ordi- 
nances adopted  by  the  Council,  shall  have  power,  by  order  or 
resolution  entered  upon  the  minutes  of  said  board,  to  make  and 
enforce  rules  and  regulations  respecting  the  operation  of  all 
public  utilities  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  other  than  those 
owned  or  operated  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  shall  also 
have  power,  by  order  or  resolution,  to  make  and  enforce  such 
reasonable  by-laws,  rules,  regulations  and  modes  of  procedure 
as  may  be  necessary  for  its  government  and  for  the  exercise  of 
the  powers  conferred,  and  the  performance  of  the  duties  im- 
posed upon  said  board  by  this  article.  All  such  rules,  regula- 
tions and  by-laws  shall  be  published  once  in  a  daily  newspaper, 
printed,  published  and  circulated  in  said  city,  and  shall  take 
effect  upon  such  publication.  Said  board  shall  also  have  power 
to  make  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  conduct  of  the  officers 

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and  employees  in  the  Department  of  Public  Utilities  as  said 
board  may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  162.  Each  member  of  the  Board  of  Public  Utilities 
is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  administer  oaths  and 
affirmations  in  all  matters  incident  or  pertaining  to  the  exercise 
of  the  duties  or  powers  of  said  board.  Said  board  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  require,  by  subpoena,  the  attend- 
ance and  testimony  of  witnesses,  and  the  production  of  books, 
papers  and  documents,  in  any  investigation,  hearing  or  proceed- 
ing conducted  by  said  board,  in  respect  to  any  matter  or  thing  of 
which  said  board  has  jurisdiction.  The  subpoenas  authorized  as 
aforesaid  shall  be  issued  and  signed  by  the  president  of  said 
board.  The  Chief  of  Police  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  serve  or  cause  to  be  served  any  and  all  subpoenas  which  may 
be  issued  by  said  board  from  time  to  time. 

Sec.  163.  The  Council  shall  pass  and  adopt  all  ordinances 
necessary  for  the  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  this  article, 
and  to  enable  the  said  Board  of  Public  Utilities  to  exercise  the 
powers  and  to  perform  the  duties  granted  or  imposed  upon  it  by 
this  article.  And  said  board  shall  have  such  further  powers  and 
perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  granted  or  imposed  by 
ordinance. 

Sec.  164.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration to  fail,  refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  article,  and  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  vio- 
lating any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  or  refusing  to  obey 
any  subpoena  issued  by  said  board,  or  to  conform  to  any  order 
of  said  Board  of  Public  Utilities,  or  any  rule  or  regulation  of 
the  said  board  with  respect  to  the  operation  of  any  utility  men- 
tioned in  this  article,  shall  be  deemed  gxiilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punishable  by  a  fine  of  not 
more  than  five  hundred  ($500)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in 
the  city  jail  for  a  period  of  not  more  than  six  (6)  months,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  165.     That  any  ordinance  of  said  city  creating  a  De- 

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partment  of  Public  Utilities,  providing  for  a  Board  of  Public 
Utilities,  and  the  appointment  of  the  members  thereof,  and  pre- 
scribing the  powers  and  duties  of  such  board,  adopted  by  a  vote 
of  the  people  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  or  otherwise,  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 


ARTICLE  XVL 
[Amendment,  191L] 

HARBOR  DEPARTMENT. 

Sec.  168.  There  is  hereby  created  a  department  of  the  gov- 
ernment of  said  city  to  be  known  as  the  "Harbor  Department," 
which  shall  be  under  the  management  and  control  of  a  board  of 
three  commissioners,  to  be  known  as  the  Board  of  Harbor  Com- 
missioners. 

Sec.  169.  The  members  of  the  Board  of  Harbor  Com- 
missioners shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirma- 
tion by  a  majority  of  the  Council.  No  person  shall  be  ap- 
pointed a  harbor  commissioner  who  is  not  a  qualified  elector 
of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles.  The  Council  may,  by  ordinance, 
provide  for,  and  fix  the  amount  of,  salaries  for  the  members 
of  said  board  or  any  thereof. —  [Amendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  170.  The  term  of  office  of  the  members  of  the  Board 
of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  be  four  years.  The  term  of 
office  of  the  three  members  first  appointed  hereunder  shall  com- 
mence upon  the  taking  eflfect  of  this  article,  and  said  three  mem- 
bers shall  so  classify  themselves  by  lot  that  one  shall  go  out  of 
office  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1913,  one  on  the  first 
Monday  in  January,  1914,  and  one  on  the  first  Monday  in 
January,  1915.  H  any  vacancy  occurs,  the  Mayor  shall  fill  the 
same  by  appointment  for  the  unexpired  term,  subject  to  confir- 
mation of  a  majority  of  the  Council.  The  board  shall  organize 
by  electing  one  of  its  members  president,  who  shall  hold  his 
office  for  one  year,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected,  unless  his 

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membership  in  the  board  sooner  expires;  provided,  however, 
that  the  president  first  elected  shall  hold  his  office  until  the  first 
Monday  in  January,  1913,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected, 
unless  his  membership  in  said  board  sooner  expires. 

Sec.  171.  The  president  of  the  Board  of  Harbor  Com- 
missioners shall  be  the  executive  officer  of  the  Harbor  Depart- 
ment. 

Sec.  172.  The  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  ap- 
point a  secretary,  not  a  member  of  the  board,  whose  salary  shall 
be  fixed  by  ordinance.  He  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  board,  specifying  therein  the  names  of  the  com- 
missioners present  at  all  meetings,  and  giving  the  ayes  and  noes 
upon  all  votes.  The  secretary  of  the  board  may  certify  such  pro- 
ceedings under  his  hand,  to  be  authenticated  by  seal,  if  a  seal  be 
adopted  and  provided  by  the  board  for  that  purpose,  and  shall 
perform  such  other  duties  as  the  board  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  173.  The  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  main- 
tain an  office,  to  be  provided  by  the  Council,  and  prescribe  office 
hours  for  the  convenience  of  the  public.  It  shall  hold  regular 
meetings  at  least  once  in  each  week.  It  shall  have  power  to 
establish  all  necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government 
of  the  Harbor  Department,  and  for  the  regulation  of  the  con- 
duct of  the  officers  and  employees  therein  as  it  shall  deem  proper. 

Sec.  174.  The  City  Engineer  shall  be  the  engineer  of  the 
Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners,  and  shall  be  ex-oMcio  harbor 
engineer  of  the  city ;  and  in  addition  to  his  duties  otherwise  pre- 
scribed in  this  Charter,  he  shall  perform  such  engineering  and 
surveying  necessary  for  the  public  work  done  under  the  direc- 
tion or  supervision  of  the  board,  as  said  board  may  require.  He 
shall  make  such  certificates  and  reports  upon  the  progress  of  such 
work,  and  shall  make  such  surveys,  inspections  and  estimates, 
and  perform  such  other  surveying  and  engineering  work  as  may 
be  required  by  the  board.  The  board  shall  also  appoint  an  as- 
sistant engineer,  to  be  known  as  the  assistant  harbor  engineer, 
who  shall  assist  the  city  engineer  in  the  performance  of  his  duties 

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as  harbor  engineer.  The  assistant  engineer  shall  receive  such 
salary  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance.  He  shall  devote  his 
entire  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office  and  shall  receive  no  com- 
pensation in  addition  to  his  salary. 

Sec.  175.  The  Harbor  Department  shall  consist  of  a  port 
warden  and  such  harbor  inspectors,  pilots,  wharfingers,  ware- 
house keepers,  clerks  and  other  officers  and  employees  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  determined  by  ordinance.  The  salaries  of 
all  officers  and  employees  of  the  Harbor  Department  shall  be 
fixed  by  ordinance,  and  said  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners 
shall  prescribe  their  powers  and  duties  All  appointments  in 
the  Harbor  Department  shall  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Harbor 
Commissioners,  subject  to  such  Civil  Service  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  may  now  or  hereafter  be  in  force.  Said  board  shall 
have  the  power  to  discharge,  remove  or  suspend  all  officers  or 
employees  in  the  Harbor  Department,  subject  to  the  provisions 
of  this  Charter.  The  board  shall  establish  all  necessary  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  exercise  of  the  powers  conferred  in  this 
article,  for  the  government  of  the  Harbor  Department,  and  for 
the  regulation  and  conduct  of  its  officers  and  employees,  and 
may  prescribe  and  enforce  penalties  for  the  violation  of  such 
rules  and  regulations.  The  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners 
may  require  of  any  or  all  of  such  officers  and  employees,  except 
laborers,  adequate  bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their 
respective  duties. 

Sec.  176.  There  is  hereby  established  a  district  in  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles  to  be  known  as  the  harbor  district,  which  shall 
comprise,  among  other  lands,  the  tide  lands  and  submerged 
lands  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  which  said  lands  were 
granted  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  in  trust  for  public  uses  by 
an  act  of  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  approved 
May  1,  1911.  Until  otherwise  provided  by  ordinance  said  dis- 
trict shall  consist  of  that  portion  of  the  said  city  included  within 
the  following  described  boundaries: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  westerly  boundary  line 

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of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  with  the  Hne  of  ordinary  high  tide 
of  the  Pacific  Ocean ;  thence  easterly  and  northerly  following 
the  said  line  of  high  tide  to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly 
line  of  the  United  States  reservation;  thence  northwesterly  in 
a  direct  line  to  the  intersection  of  the  northerly  line  of  Twenty- 
second  street,  in  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  com- 
prised within  the  limits  of  the  former  city  of  San  Pedro,  and 
the  westerly  line  of  Crescent  avenue;  thence  northerly  and 
northeasterly  along  the  westerly  and  northwesterly  line  of 
Crescent  avenue  and  its  prolongation  to  the  easterly  line  of 
Beacon  street;  thence  northerly  along  the  easterly  line  of  Bea- 
con street  to  the  northerly  line  of  Wall  street;  thence  easterly 
along  the  northerly  line  of  Wall  street  to  the  westerly  line  of 
Front  street;  thence  northerly  along  the  westerly  line  of  Front 
street  to  the  southerly  line  of  Fourth  street;  thence  north* 
easterly  in  a  direct  line  to  the  intersection  of  the  northerly 
line  of  Fourth  street  with  the  westerly  line  of  that  certain 
highway  known  as  the  Harbor  boulevard;  thence  northerly  and 
northwesterly  along  the  westerly  line  of  said  Harbor  boulevard 
to  its  intersection  with  the  southwesterly  line  of  Bay  street; 
thence  northwesterly  along  the  said  southwesterly  line  of  Bay 
street  and  its  prolongation  to  the  westerly  line  of  Palos  Verdes 
street;  thence  northerly  along  the  westerly  line  of  Palos  Verdes 
street  and  its  prolongation  to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly 
line  of  that  certain  highway  known  as  the  Wilmington  and  San 
Pedro  road ;  thence  northwesterly,  westerly,  southwesterly, 
northwesterly,  northeasterly,  northwesterly  and  northeasterly 
along  the  southwesterly,  southerly,  southeasterly,  southwesterly, 
northwesterly,  southwesterly  and  northwesterly  line  of  said 
Wilmington  and  San  Pedro  road  to  its  intersection  with  the 
westerly  prolongation  of  the  center  line  of  West  First  street 
in  that  portion  of  the  city  of  Los  Angeles  comprised  within  the 
limits  of  the  former  city  of  Wilmington;  thence  easterly  along 
the  center  line  of  West  First  street  to  the  center  line  of  "E" 
street ;  thence  southerly  along  the  center  line  of  "E"  street  to 

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the  center  line  of  Front  street ;  thence  easterly  along  the  center 
line  of  Front  street  and  its  easterly  prolongation  to  the  center 
line  of  East  street ;  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line  of 
East  street  to  the  center  line  of  East  First  street ;  thence  east- 
erly along  the  center  line  of  East  First  street  to  the  center  line 
of  Banning  street;  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line  of 
Banning  street  to  the  center  line  of  East  Second  street ;  thence 
easterly  along  the  center  line  of  East  Second  street  to  the  center 
line  of  Downey  street;  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line 
of  Downey  street  to  the  center  line  of  East  Third  street ;  thence 
easterly  along  the  center  line  of  East  Third  street  to  the  center 
line  of  Dominguez  street ;  thence  northerly  along  the  center  line 
of  Dominguez  street  to  the  center  line  of  East  Fourth  street; 
thence  easterly  along  the  center  line  of  East  Fourth  street  to 
the  center  line  of  Sanford  street;  thence  northerly  along  the 
center  line  of  Sanford  street  to  the  center  line  of  East  Fifth 
street;  thence  easterly  along  the  center  line  of  East  Fifth  street 
to  the  center  line  of  Carson  street;  thnce  northerly  along  the 
center  line  of  Carson  street  to  the  center  line  of  East  Sixth 
street ;  thence  easterly  along  the  center  line  of  East  Sixth  street 
to  the  center  line  of  Watson  street;  thence  northerly  along  the 
center  line  of  Watson  street  to  the  center  line  of  East  Seventh 
street ;  thence  easterly  along  the  center  line  of  East  Seventh 
street  to  the  westerly  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  west- 
erly line  of  said  right  of  way  to  its  intersection  with  the  north- 
erly boundary  line  of  that  part  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles 
comprised  within  the  limits  of  the  former  City  of  Wilmington; 
thence  easterly,  southeasterly,  southwesterly,  southeasterly, 
southwesterly,  southerly,  westerly  and  northerly  along  the 
boundary  line  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  the  point  of  be- 
ginning. 

The  Council  may,  from  time  to  time,  by  ordinance,  alter  the 
boundaries  of  said  harbor  district ;  provided,  however,  that  no 
such  alteration  shall  be  made  so  as  to  exclude  from  such  dis-  , 

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trict  any  tide  lands  or  any  submerged  lands,  whether  filled  or 
unfilled,  any  navigable  waters  included  within  the  aforesaid 
boundaries,  or  any  portion  of  said  harbor  district  situated  below 
the  line  of  ordinary  high  tide. 

The  said  tide  lands  and  submerged  lands  within  said  harbor 
district,  whether  filled  or  unfilled,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
required  and  withheld  for  public  use  for  navigation,  commerce 
and  fishery,  or  purposes  in  connection  therewith,  and  shall, 
except  as  hereinafter  provided,  continue  to  be  withheld  for  such 
purposes. 

The  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  have  charge  of 
the  enforcement  of  all  ordinances  relating  to  the  construction, 
alteration,  repair,  demolition  or  removal  of  sea  walls,  embank- 
ments, bulkheads,  wharves,  piers,  docks,  quays,  slips,  landings, 
elevators,  cranes,  derricks,  marine  ways,  warehouses  and  other 
structures  and  appliances  within  said  harbor  district  for  the 
accommodation  of  commerce  and  navigation,  and  relative  to 
any  work  of  filling,  excavating  or  dredging  in  said  district. 

The  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  have  possession 
and  control,  under  such  ordinances  as  may  from  time  to  time  be 
adopted  by  the  Council,  of  the  entire  water  front  of  the  city, 
and  of  Los  Angeles  harbor  and  other  navigable  waters  within 
the  limits  of  said  city,  and  authority  to  use,  for  the  loading 
and  landing  of  merchandise,  with  a  right  to  collect  dockage, 
wharfage  and  tolls  thereon,  such  portions  of  the  streets  and 
other  public  places  terminating  in  or  fronting  upon  the  navi- 
gable waters  within  the  city  of  Los  Angeles  as  may  be  used  for 
such  purposes  without  obstructing  the  same  as  thoroughfares. 

For  the  purposes  of  this  section  and  of  this  article,  the 
Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  have  such  further  powers 
and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  granted  or  imposed 
by  ordinance. — [Amendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  177.  The  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners,  subject  to 
such  ordinances  as  the  Council  may  from  time  to  time  adopt, 
shall  have  power: 

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(a)  To  make,  adopt  and  enforce  by-laws,  rules  and  regu- 
lations regarding  the  use  and  control  of  the  water  front,  Los 
Angeles  harbor,  and  all  other  navigable  waters  within  the  limits 
of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  anchoring,  mooring,  towing, 
docking  and  landing  of  all  steamships,  vessels  and  other  water 
craft  therein,  respecting  pilotage  and  towage,  and  the  placing, 
installment  and  maintenance  of  buoys,  bells,  lights  and  fog 
horns  in  and  upon  said  harbor  and  waters. 

(b)  To  regulate  and  control  the  operation  and  use  of  all 
wharves,  piers,  docks,  slips,  quays,  landings,  elevators,  cranes, 
derricks,  warehouses,  marine  ways,  dry  docks,  railways  and  other 
utilities,  structures  and  appliances  for  the  accommodation  of 
commerce  in  Los  Angeles  harbor  and  other  navigable  waters 
within  the  limits  of  said  city,  for  the  taking  on  and  landing  of 
passengers,  and  the  loading  and  discharging  of  the  cargoes  of 
steamships,  vessels  and  other  water  craft  therein. 

(c)  To  fix,  regulate  and  collect  rates  or  charges  for  wharf- 
age, dockage,  tolls  and  cranage  of  all  steamships,  vessels  and 
other  water  craft  admitted  to  the  wharves,  piers,  docks,  slips, 
quays,  landings,  owned,  controlled  or  operated  by  the  city;  the 
rates  of  towage  and  pilotage  in  said  harbor  and  navigable  waters, 
and  the  rates  or  charges  on  all  ferries,  steamships,  vessels  or 
other  water  craft  owned,  controlled  or  operated  by  said  city,  and 
to  fix,  regulate  and  collect  rates  or  charges  for  the  use  of  all 
warehouses,  elevators,  bunkers,  marine  ways,  dry  docks  and 
other  structures,  derricks,  cranes  and  other  appliances  owned, 
controlled  or  operated  by  the  said  city,  and  constructed  or  used 
for  the  loading  and  unloading  of  cargoes  of  steamships,  vessels 
and  other  water  craft,  and  for  the  storage  thereof,  and  for  the 
use  of  all  appliances  for  the  taking  on  or  discharge  of  passen- 
gers by  or  from  such  steamships,  vessels  or  other  water  craft. 

(d)  The  powers  conferred  by  this  section  upon  the  said 
Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  be  exercised  by  resolution 
or  order  adopted  by  a  majority  of  its  members,  and  recorded  in 
the  minutes  with  the  ayes  and  noes  at  length.     Every  such  reso- 

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lution  or  order  shall  be  published  in  the  same  manner  as  ordi- 
nances of  said  city,  and  shall  take  effect  upon  such  publication; 
provided,  that  no  such  resolution  or  order  of  the  said  board 
fixing  any  rates,  charges,  fares  or  tolls,  or  prescribing  the  time 
or  manner  of  payment  thereof,  shall  be  effective  until  the  same 
shall  be  approved  by  the  Council,  by  ordinance,  and  shall  be 
thereafter  published  for  at  least  three  days  in  a  newspaper 
printed,  published  and  circulated  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 
Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall  violate  the  provi- 
sions of  any  such  resolution  or  order  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor, and  shall  be  punishable  by  imprisonment  in  the  City 
Jail  for  a  period  not  exceeding  six  months  or  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. 

Sec.  178.  In  case  of  fire  occurring  on  any  vessel  in  Los 
Angeles  harbor,  or  in  other  navigable  waters  of  said  city,  or  in 
or  upon  any  dock,  wharf,  pier,  warehouse,  building  or  other 
structure  bordering  upon  or  adjacent  to  said  harbor  or  waters, 
power  and  authority  respecting  the  extinguishment  thereof  and 
to  prevent  -the  spreading  thereof,  shall  be  vested  in  the  Fire 
Department  as  in  this  Charter  provided. 

Sec.  179.  The  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners,  except  as 
otherwise  in  this  Charter  provided,  shall  have  charge,  superin- 
tendence and  control,  under  such  ordinances  as  may  from  time 
to  time  be  adopted  by  the  Council: 

(a)  Of  the  design,  construction,  maintenance  and  repair 
of  all  sea  walls,  embankments,  bulkheads,  wharves,  piers,  docks, 
quays,  slips,  landings,  elevators,  cranes,  derricks,  marine  ways, 
warehouses  and  other  structures  and  appliances  erected,  oper- 
ated or  maintained  by  the  city  for  the  accommodation  of  com- 
merce in  and  upon  the  water  front,  Los  Angeles  harbor  and  the 
navigable  waters  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  for  the  landing 
of  steamships,  vessels  and  other  water  craft  therein,  for  the  load- 
ing, discharging  and  storing  of  the  cargoes  of  such  steamships, 
vessels  and  other  water  craft,  and  of  all  appliances  erected,  con- 

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structed  or  maintained  by  the  city  for  the  taking  on  or  dis- 
charging of  passengers  by  or  from  such  steamships,  vessels  and 
other  water  craft; 

(b)  Of  the  dredging,  deepening,  widening  and  clearing  of 
all  slips,  docks,  channels,  canals,  basins,  waterways  and  other 
waters  in  Los  Angeles  harbor  and  other  navigable  waters  within 
the  limits  of  said  city,  and  of  the  acquisition,  construction  and 
operation  of  dredging  machines,  scows,  tugs  and  other  ma- 
chinery or  appliances  therefor,  and  of  the  employment  of  per- 
sons to  operate  the  same;  provided,  however,  that  whenever  any 
such  slips,  docks,  channels,  canals,  basins,  waterways,  or  other 
waters  shall  be  so  dredged,  deepened,  widened  or  cleared,  the 
materials  taken  therefrom  shall  be  deposited  in  such  place  or 
places  as  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  designate; 

(c)  Of  all  wharves,  piers,  docks,  quays,  slips,  landings, 
drydocks,  marine  ways,  elevators,  cranes,  derricks,  warehouses, 
and  other  structures,  marine  ways,  railways  and  all  other  struc- 
tures and  appliances  owned,  controlled  or  operated  by  the  said 
city  for  the  landing  of  vessels,  the  loading  and  unloading  of  their 
cargoes,  and  the  storage  thereof,  the  taking  on  and  discharging 
of  their  passengers ; 

(d)  Of  all  ferries,  tow  boats,  pilot  boats,  steamships,  and 
other  vessels  and  water  craft  owned,  operated  or  controlled  by 
said  city. 

Sec.  180.  In  addition  to  the  powers  and  duties  hereinbe- 
fore provided,  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  exercise 
and  perform  the  further  powers  and  duties : 

1.  To  make  at  such  times  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordi- 
nance, a  thorough  investigation  into  the  affairs  of  all  persons, 
firms  or  corporations  operating  or  maintaining  ferries,  wharves, 
piers,  docks,  quays,  moles,  slips,  landings,  elevators,  cranes,  der- 
ricks, marine  ways,  warehouses,  and  other  public  service  utilities 
pertaining  to  the  water  front,  Los  Angeles  harbor,  and  other 
navigable  waters  in  the  city,  and  collecting  fares,  wharfage, 
dockage,  tolls  and  other  charges  for  the  use  of  the  same,  in  the 

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City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  compile  such  data  as  may  be  necessary 
to  determine  the  proper  licenses  and  charges  for  the  services 
furnished  or  supplied  by  such  persons,  firms  or  corporations,  as 
provided  in  this  Charter,  or  otherwise  by  law.  Such  data  shall 
include  a  valuation  of  the  physical  properties  of  such  persons, 
firms  or  corporations,  a  detailed  statement  of  gross  and  net 
earnings,  expenses,  capitalization  and  indebtedness  thereof,  and 
such  other  matters  as  the  board  may  deem  proper,  and  shall  also 
include  such  facts  and  figures  as  may  be  obtainable  regarding 
the  operation  and  maintenance  of  similar  works  and  utilities  in 
other  municipalities.  The  board  shall  have  the  right,  at  all 
reasonable  times,  to  have  access  to,  and,  in  person  or  by  their 
duly  authorized  representatives,  to  examine  all  property  of  such 
persons,  firms  or  corporations  used  in  connection  with  each  such 
public  utility,  and  to  examine  the  books,  papers,  maps  and  rec- 
ords showing  the  affairs,  transactions,  property  and  financial 
condition  of  such  persons,  firms  or  corporations,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  such  investigation  and  the  compiling  of  such  data. 

2.  To  fix,  subject  to  approval,  change  or  modification  by 
the  Council,  as  hereinafter  provided,  the  amount  of  licenses  to 
be  imposed  and  collected  by  the  city  and  the  rates  to  be  charged 
and  collected  for  the  services  mentioned  in  subdivision  one  of 
this  section,  such  licenses  and  rates  to  be  so  fixed  for  such 
periods  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance,  or  otherwise  by  law, 
but  in  no  event  for  a  period  less  than  one  year,  nor  more  than 
three  years.  Such  licenses  and  rates  shall  be  fixed  by  resolution 
of  the  board,  to  be  recorded  in  the  minutes  with  the  ayes  and 
noes  at  length.  Any  such  resolution  shall  be  adopted  within 
such  time  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  ordinance.  Immediately  upon 
the  adoption  of  any  such  resolution,  a  copy  of  the  same,  certified 
by  the  secretary  of  said  board,  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk. 
The  City  Clerk  shall  present  such  resolution  to  the  Council  at 
its  next  regular  meeting,  and  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  pub- 
lished for  five  days  in  a  daily  newspaper  printed  and  published 
and  circulated  in  said  city.    Any  person  interested  in  or  affected 

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by  the  rates  or  licenses  specified  in  any  such  resolution  may, 
within  fifteen  days  after  the  expiration  of  such  publication  file 
objections  thereto  with  the  City  Clerk,  specifying  the  grounds 
of  such  objections,  and  petition  the  Council  for  a  rehearing  of 
such  rates.  The  City  Clerk  shall  lay  all  such  objections  before 
the  Council  at  its  next  regular  meeting  after  the  expiration  of 
the  time  for  filing  the  same.  The  Council  may,  upon  any  such 
petition,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  its  members,  order  a  rehear- 
ing of  the  rates  or  licenses  objected  to.  If  such  rehearing  be 
ordered  the  Council  shall  consider  such  rates  or  licenses,  shall 
hear  and  pass  upon  the  objections  thereto  at  such  time,  and  under 
such  rules  and  mode  of  procedure  as  it  shall  by  ordinance  pre- 
scribe, and  shall  have  the  power  to  finally  fix  such  rates  or 
licenses  by  approving,  changing  or  modifying  the  same,  such 
change  or  modification  to  be  made  by  ordinance;  provided, 
hoivever,  that  in  order  to  change  or  modify  any  rates  or  licenses 
fixed  by  the  said  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners,  the  affirma- 
tive vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  entire  Council  shall  be  necessary. 
All  rates  or  licenses  to  which  no  objections  are  filed  or 
offered,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  finally  fixed  by  said  Board  of 
Harbor  Commissioners.  All  rates  or  licenses  finally  fixed  under 
the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be  so  fixed  as  to  take  eflfect 
on  the  first  day  of  July  thereafter. 

3.  To  investigate  any  and  all  complaints  against  the  serv- 
ice or  charges  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  operating  any 
ferry,  wharf,  pier,  dock,  quay,  mole,  slip,  landing,  elevator, 
crane,  derrick,  marine  way,  warehouse,  and  other  public  service 
utility  pertaining  to  the  water  front,  to  Los  Angeles  harbor  and 
other  navigable  waters  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  to 
recommend  legislation  to  the  City  Council,  or  action  to  execu- 
tive officers  of  the  city,  whenever  in  the  judgment  of  said  board 
such  legislation  or  such  action  may  be  necessary. 

4.  To  superintend  the  inspection  of  all  ferries,  wharves, 
piers,  docks,  quays,  moles,  slips,  landings,  elevators,  cranes,  der- 
ricks, marine  ways,  warehouses,  and  other  public  service  utilities 


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pertaining  to  the  water  front,  to  Los  Angeles  harbor  and  other 
navigable  waters  in  said  city,  maintained  or  furnished  by  per- 
sons, firms  or  corporations  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  as  to 
their  compliance  with  their  franchises,  and  with  the  law  and 
the  ordinances  of  said  city  regulating  the  manner  of  conducting 
their  business,  and  the  service  and  charges  of  such  persons, 
firms  or  corporations,  and  their  treatment  of  the  public,  and, 
from  time  to  time,  to  recommend  such  legislation  or  executive 
action  based  on  such  investigation,  as  in  their  judgment  may  be 
required. 

5.  To  prepare  and  keep  a  detailed  and  indexed  record  of 
all  franchises  or  other  grants  or  leases  for  ferries,  wharves,  piers, 
docks,  quays,  moles,  slips,  landings,  or  other  public  service  utiU- 
ties  granted  or  given  by  the  city  or  by  other  authority,  in,  upon 
or  pertaining  to  the  water  front,  to  Los  Angeles  harbor  or  other 
navigable  waters  in  said  city  that  are  now  in  existence,  or  that 
may  hereafter  be  given  or  granted,  showing  the  date,  location, 
term  thereof,  and  all  other  essential  facts,  and  a  similar  record, 
so  far  as  practicable,  of  all  other  like  public  franchises  exercised 
in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 

6.  To  make  a  report  to  the  Council,  in  the  month  of 
August  of  each  year,  for  the  year  ending  on  the  30th  day  of 
June  last  preceding,  of  which  not  less  than  1000  copies  shall  be 
printed  for  distribution  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  giving  the 
essential  facts  and  figures  concerning  the  aforesaid  public  utili- 
ties operated  and  maintained  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  com- 
paring the  licenses  thereof  and  their  charges  and  character  of 
service  with  those  of  similar  utilities  in  other  municipalities. 
Such  report  shall  contain  a  digest  of  the  transactions  of  the 
board  during  the  year  for  which  it  is  made,  together  with  such 
information  and  suggestions  relative  to  the  development  and 
improvement  of  the  water  front,  Los  Angeles  harbor  and  other 
navigable  waters  in  the  city,  and  the  commerce  thereof,  as  it 
may  deem  of  general  interest. 

Sec.  18L     Every  application  made  to  the  City  Council  for 

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a  franchise  for  any  ferry,  wharf,  pier,  dock,  quay,  mole,  slip, 
landing,  or  other  public  service  utility,  in,  upon  or  pertaining 
to  the  water  front,  Los  Angeles  harbor,  or  other  navigable 
waters  within  said  city,  shall,  before  any  action  is  taken  thereon, 
be  referred  by  the  Council  to  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commission- 
ers for  its  recommendation  respecting  the  same.  Said  board  shall 
proceed  to  inquire  into  such  application  and  within  thirty  days 
after  such  application  has  been  referred  to  it,  or  longer  if  al- 
io v;ed  by  the  Council,  shall  report  to  the  Council  its  recommen- 
dation relative  tliereto.  If,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  such 
application  should  not  be  advertised  for  sale  or  granted,  it  shall 
so  report,  stating  its  reasons  therefor;  and  if,  in  the  judgment 
of  the  board,  such  application  should  be  granted,  it  shall  recom- 
mend the  terms  and  conditions  upon  which  the  same  should  be 
so  granted.  No  such  franchise  shall  be  advertised  for  sale  or 
granted  except  upon  an  application  therefor  in  writing  previously 
filed  w4th  the  City  Council,  nor  unless  such  application  shall  have 
been  referred  to  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners,  as  afore- 
said; provided,  however,  that  if  said  board  shall  fail  to  report 
thereon  within  the  time  herein  specified,  or  as  extended  by  the 
Council,  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent 
the  City  Council,  at  its  discretion,  from  proceeding  to  advertise 
such  franchise  for  sale,  or  from  awarding  the  same,  as  provided 
by  law.  No  franchise  shall  be  advertised  for  sale  or  granted 
contrary  to  the  recommendations  of  said  board  except  upon  a 
three-fourths  vote  of  the  entire  Council. 

Sec.  182.  Every  application  for  the  right,  privilege  or 
franchise  to  use  any  portion  of  the  water  frontage  or  tide  lands 
or  submerged  lands  belonging  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles, 
whether  filled  or  unfilled,  shall  be  presented  in  writing  to  the 
Council.  Such  application  shall  state  the  purposes  for  which 
such  water  frontage,  tide  or  submerged  lands  are  proposed  to 
be  used.  Before  any  action  is  taken  thereon  by  the  Council, 
such  application  shall  be  referred  by  it  to  the  Board  of  Harbor 
Commissioners,    which    shall    investigate    the    same,    and    shall 

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within  thirty  days  after  such  application  shall  have  been  so  re- 
ferred, or  within  such  further  time  as  shall  be  allowed  by  the 
Council,  report  to  the  Council  in  writing  its  recommendations 
relative  thereto.  If,  in  the  judgment  of  said  board,  such  ap- 
plication should  not  be  granted,  said  board  shall  so  report,  stat- 
ing its  reasons  therefor;  but  if,  in  the  judgment  of  said  board, 
such  application  should  be  granted,  said  board  shall  in  its  re- 
port specify  the  terms,  stipulations  and  conditions  thereof,  and 
the  compensation  to  the  city  therefor,  subject  to  the  limitations 
elsewhere  provided  in  this  Charter,  as  shall  be  deemed  by  said 
board  to  be  proper  or  necessary  in  the  premises.  No  application 
to  use  any  portion  of  such  water  frontage,  tide  lands  or  sub- 
merged lands  shall  be  granted,  except  in  pursuance  of  an  ap- 
plication therefor  in  writing  previously  filed  with  the  Council 
and  referred  to  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  as  afore- 
said; provided,  hozvever,  that  if  said  board  shall  not  report  its 
recommendations  thereon  within  the  time  above  specified,  or  as 
so  extended  by  the  Council,  the  Council  may,  at  its  discretion, 
proceed  to  grant  said  application  or  order  such  right,  privilege 
or  franchise  to  be  given,  as  in  the  Charter  of  said  city  pro- 
vided; and  provided,  further,  that  no  such  application  shall  be 
granted  and  no  such  right,  privilege  or  franchise  shall  be  given 
contrary  to  the  recommendations  of  the  Board  of  Harbor  Com- 
missioners, except  the  same  be  granted  or  given  by  a  vote  of 
three-fourths  of  all  the  members  of  the  Council,  taken  by  ayes 
and  noes,  and  entered  upon  the  minutes  of  the  Council. 

Sec.  183.  The  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  have 
power,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Charter,  to  lease  in  the 
name  of  the  city  and  for  the  benefit  thereof,  for  terms  not  ex- 
ceeding thirty  years,  and  when  authorized  by  ordinance  determ- 
ining the  terms  and  conditions  and  limitations  of  such  lease,  any 
portion  of  any  tide  lands  or  submerged  lands  belonging  to  or 
under  the  control  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  whether  filled  or 
unfilled,  that  shall  be  declared  by  the  Council,  by  ordinance,  or 
by  other  legal  authority,  to  be  not  required  for  any  public  pur- 

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pose  or  use,  but  all  such  leases  shall  be  subject  to  such  limitations 
and  restrictions  as  are  elsewhere  in  this  Charter  provided.  No 
such  lease  shall  be  made  except  after  advertisement  of  notice 
by  said  board  for  not  less  than  ten  days  in  a  daily  newspaper 
printed,  published  and  circulated  in  said  city,  inviting  proposals 
therefor,  stating  explicitly  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  pro- 
posed lease.  The  said  board  shall  have,  and  must  reserve,  in  all 
cases,  the  right  to  reject  any  and  all  bids,  and  shall  award  such 
lease  to  the  highest  responsible  bidder  at  the  highest  rent;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  no  such  lease  shall  be  executed  or  be  valid 
or  binding  upon  the  city  unless  the  same  is  approved  by  the 
Council  by  ordinance  adopted  by  a  two-thirds  vote  thereof.  All 
such  leases  shall  provide  for  readjustment  of  the  rental  every 
ten  years. 

Sec.  183.  (a)  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  grant,  sell,  convey, 
alienate,  transfer  or  otherwise  dispose  of,  except  as  hereinafter 
provided,  any  part  of,  or  any  interest  in,  the  water  front,  tide 
lands,  submerged  lands,  or  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging, 
owned,  possessed,  controlled  or  held  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles ; 
provided,  that  grants  of  such  lands  may  be  made  to  the  State 
of  California  or  to  the  United  States  for  public  purposes,  when 
authorized  by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  voters  of  the  city, 
voting  upon  the  question  of  authorizing  any  such  grant  at  an 
election;  and  provided,  further,  that  whenever  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles  shall  have  acquired  the  ownership,  title,  control  and 
possession  of  more  than  ten  thousand  feet,  linear  measurement, 
of  water  frontage,  of  Los  Angeles  harbor,  measured  along  the 
harbor  lines,  as  now  or  hereafter  established  by  the  United 
States  or  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  of  the  coterminous  and 
adjacent  tide  and  submerged  lands  upon  the  water  front,  as 
fixed  by  such  harbor  lines  upon  the  navigable  waters  of  Los 
Angeles  harbor,  but  not  including  water  frontage  upon  any 
island,  or  breakwater,  nor  any  water  frontage  created  by  the 
construction  of  channels  by  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
other  than  the  United  States,  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commission- 

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ers  may  grant  to  any  person,  firms  or  corporations  franchises, 
permits,  and  warehouse  or  other  privileges  to  use  the  water 
frontage  in  excess  of  said  ten  thousand  feet,  for  purposes  in 
aid  of  navigation,  commerce  and  fishery,  together  with  the  adja- 
cent and  coterminous  tide  or  submerged  lands  necessary  for 
such  purposes,  for  periods  not  exceeding  thirty  years;  and  pro- 
vided, further,  that  whenever  it  shall  be  determined  by  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles,  by  ordinance,  or  by  other  proper  legal  au- 
thority, that  any  part  of  the  tide  or  submerged  lands  of  Los 
Angeles  harbor  may  not  be  required  for  public  use,  by  reason 
of  their  remoteness  from  the  harbor  lines,  as  now  or  hereafter 
-established,  or  otherwise,  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners 
may  grant  leases  of  such  tide  or  submerged  lands  in  excess  of 
the  tide  and  submerged  lands  adjacent  and  coterminous  to  the 
aforesaid  ten  thousand  feet,  for  periods  not  exceeding  thirty 
years  and  for  purposes  consistent  with  the  trusts  upon  which 
said  lands  are  held  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  and  with  the 
requirements  of  commerce,  navigation  or  fishery  at  said  harbor. 
Such  franchises,  leases,  privileges  and  permits  shall  be  granted 
subject  to  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed 
therein,  and  to  the  limitations,  conditions,  restrictions  and  reser- 
vations in  this  section  contained,  but  no  such  franchise,  lease, 
privilege  or  permit  shall  be  valid  or  binding  upon  the  city  until 
the  same  is  approved  by  the  Council  by  ordinance. 

(b)  The  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  shall  not  grant 
to  any  one  person,  firm  or  corporation  franchises,  leases,  privi- 
leges, permits  or  licenses  to  use  any  such  water  frontage  what- 
ever in  excess  of  three  thousand  feet,  linear  measurement,  meas- 
ured along  the  United  States  harbor  lines,  as  they  are  now  or 
may  be  hereafter  established  in  Los  Angeles  harbor  or  other 
navigable  waters  within  the  City  of  Los  Angeles;  provided, 
however,  that  more  than  three  thousand  feet  of  such  water 
frontage,  but  not  exceeding  five  thousand  feet  thereof,  may  be 
so  granted  whenever  authorized  by  ordinance  adopted  or  ap- 
proved by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  city  voting 

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upon  the  question  of  the  adoption  or  approval  of  such  ordinace 
at  an  election. 

(c)  Of  the  water  frontage  of  Los  Angeles  harbor,  ten 
thousand  feet  thereof,  linear  measurement,  along  the  United 
States  harbor  lines,  measured  as  aforesaid,  together  with  such 
coterminus  and  adjacent  tide  and  submerged  lands  fronting 
thereon,  as  may  be  determined  by  ordinance,  owned  or  held  by 
the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  is  hereby  forever  reserved  for  public 
purposes  by  said  city,  for  uses  to  be  improved,  constructed, 
owned,  controlled,  maintained  and  operated  by  said  city.  The 
city  shall  not  grant,  and  shall  not  have  granted  at  any  time,  to 
all  persons,  firms  or  corporations  to  whom  such  grants  may  be 
made,  any  such  franchises,  leases,  privileges  or  permits  exceed- 
ing in  the  aggregate  one-half  of  the  total  water  frontage  owned 
or  held  by  the  city  at  such  time,  exclusive  of  the  aforesaid  ten 
thousand  feet  of  such  frontage,  to-wit,  one-half  of  the  water 
frontage  in  that  portion  of  Los  Angeles  harbor  northerly  of  an 
east  and  west  line  passing  through  a  point  in  the  center  of  the 
turning  basin  easterly  of  Smith's  island,  also  known  as  Boschke 
island,  and  one-half  of  the  water  frontage  in  that  portion  of 
Los  Angeles  harbor  southerly  of  said  line;  and  said  one-half 
of  the  total  water  frontage  so  owned  or  held  by  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles,  located  as  aforesaid  in  the  portions  of  Los  Angeles 
harbor  abvove  described,  and  in  addition  to  said  ten  thousand 
feet  of  water  frontage  so  reserved,  as  aforesaid,  is  also  hereby 
reserved  for  public  purposes  by  said  city,  for  uses  to  be  im- 
proved, constructed,  owned,  controlled,  maintained,  and  operated 
by  said  city;  provided,  however,  that  the  city  may  make  such 
grants  of,  in  or  upon  such  water  frontage  owned  by  the  city 
in  excess  of  one-half  thereof,  linear  measurement,  but  not  ex- 
ceeding three-fourths  thereof,  exclusive  of  said  ten  thousand 
feet  of  such  frontage,  whenever  authorized  by  ordinance  adopted 
or  approved  by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  city 
voting  upon  the  question  of  the  adoption  or  approval  of  such 
ordinance  at  an  election. 

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(d)  In  any  case  where  a  franchise,  lease,  privilege  or  per- 
mit pertaining  to  such  water  frontage  or  such  tide  or  submerged 
lands  is  granted,  the  same  shall  be  so  granted,  for  a  rental  or 
payment  to  the  city  to  be  prescribed  therein  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided.  In  case  of  any  such  grant,  the  same  shall  be  made  only 
upon  the  condition,  whether  expressed  therein  or  not,  that  the 
construction  of  the  wharves,  docks,  warehouses  or  other  works 
of  structures  provided  for  therein  shall,  if  the  same  be  not  al- 
ready constructed,*  be  commenced  within  ninety  days  from  the 
date  of  such  grant,  and  be  prosecuted  diligently  to  completion 
under  such  further  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed 
therein. 

(e)  Every  such  grant  shall  provide  for  the  payment  to 
the  city  as  compensation  therefor  of  either,  any  or  all  of  the 
following:  (a)  A  specified  rental;  or  (b),  a  percentage  of  the 
gross  receipts  derived  from  or  arising  out  of  the  use,  operation 
or  possession  thereof,  or  of  the  lands  included  therein  and  im- 
provements, if  any,  made  thereunder;  or  (c),  a  percentage  of 
the  valuation  of  such  lands  and  improvements,  such  payment  to 
be  made  in  such  manner  at  such  times  and  upon  such  basis  or 
scale,  either  fixed  or  variable,  as  shall  be  prescribed  therein; 
provided,  however,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  con- 
strued to  prevent  the  city  from  making  such  grants  to  the  high- 
est regular  responsible  bidder  after  receiving  competitive  bids 
therefor. 

(/)  Every  such  grant  shall  provide  that  in  case  the  same, 
or  any  improvements  made  thereunder,  or  any  part  thereof, 
shall  be  assigned,  transferred  or  subleased,  or  the  control  thereof 
be  given  or  granted  to  any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  so  that 
such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  then  own,  hold  or  control 
under  any  such  franchises,  leases,  privileges  or  permits  more 
than  the  length  of  water  frontage  permitted  or  authorized  under 
this  section,  then  such  grant,  and  all  rights  thereunder,  shall 
thereupon  and  thereby  be  absolutely  terminated;  nor  shall  any 
such  assignment,  transfer,  sublease,  gift  or  grant  of  control  be 

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valid   for  any  purpose   unless  first  approved  by  the   Board  of 
Harbor  Commissioners. 

{g)  Every  such  grant  shall  be  subject  to  such  rights  of 
way  over  tide  or  submerged  lands  embraced  therein  for  such 
public  sewers,  pipe  lines,  conduits,  or  for  such  public  telephone, 
telegraph,  light,  heat,  or  power  lines,  as  may  from  time  to  time 
be  determined  by  the  Council;  and  the  same  shall  also  be  sub-- 
ject  to  such  rights  of  way  for  public  streets  and  other  highways, 
and  for  such  public  street  or  public  railroads,  or  other  public 
means  of  transportation  as  shall  have  been  duly  established,  or 
as  shall  be  reserved  in  such  grant.  No  such  grant  shall  evet 
be  made  that  shall  provide  for  any  use  of  the  property  or  for 
the  construction  or  placing  of  any  structure,  building  or  other 
improvement  thereon  that  shall  interfere  with  any  plan  ap- 
proved or  adopted  by  the  city  for  harbor  improvements  or  for 
the  development  of  facilities  for  commerce  or  navigation  in 
Los  Angeles  harbor,  or  for  providing  railroad  or  other  terminal 
facilities  at  said  harbor. 

(h)  Every  such  grant  shall  provide  for  a  readjustment  of 
rental  or  compensation  every  ten  years  during  the  term  thereby 
created.  The  procedure  for  such  readjustment  shall  be  speci- 
fied in  such  grant,  but  in  no  case  shall  such  readjustment  de- 
crease the  amount  of  rental  or  compensation.  At  the  expiration 
of  any  such  grant  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  may, 
upon  such  terms  as  it  deems  advisable,  extend  the  term  thereof 
for  a  period  not  to  exceed  ten  years;  provided,  that  in  making 
any  such  extension,  no  reduction  in  the  rate  or  amount  of  rental 
or  compensation  fixed  for  or  in  effect  as  to  such  grant  for  and 
during  any  period  next  preceding  such  extension  shall  be  al- 
lowed ;  and  provided,  further,  that  no  such  extension  shall  bt 
effective  until  approved  by  the  Council  by  ordinance. 

(0  Every  such  grant  shall  prescribe  that  upon  the  expira- 
tion thereof,  all  wharves,  piers,  docks,  slips,  bulkheads,  sea 
walls,  and  channels  constructed  or  maintained  thereunder  shall 
be  and  become  the  property  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  without 

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compensation  therefor  to  the  grantee  or  holder  thereof,  and  as 
to  the  other  permanent  structures  or  improvements  constructed 
or  maintained  thereunder,  shall  prescribe  whether  the  same  shall 
become  the  property  of  said  city  without  compensation  or  upon 
compensation  to  be  paid  to  such  grantee  or  holder,  or  shall  be  re- 
moved by  such  grantee  or  holder  at  his  own  expense. 

(/)  Upon  the  forfeiture  of  any  such  grant,  any  and  all 
buildings,  structures  and  improvements  of  whatsoever  character 
erected,  installed  or  made  under,  through  or  because  of  or  pur- 
suant to  the  terms  thereof  shall  immediately  ipso  facto  become 
the  property  of  the  city,  and  every  such  grant  shall  so  provide. 

The  method  of  procedure  for  making  such  grants  shall  be 
prescribed  by  ordinance. 

(k)  In  any  case  where  the  city,  or  its  predecessors  in  in- 
terest or  authority,  shall  have  granted  or  issued  any  lease,  fran- 
chise or  permit  or  any  document  purporting  to  be  such,  to  any 
person,  firm  or  corporation,  the  water  front  tide  lands  and  sub- 
merged lands  covered  thereby  shall  not  be  subject  to  grants 
under  this  section,  until  such  lease,  franchise  or  permit  shall 
have  been  terminated,  and  until  the  city  shall  have  regained 
peaceable  possession  of  such  property. 

(/)  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall  be  construed 
to  prevent  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  from  granting 
revocable  licenses  or  permits  to  use  limited  portions  of  the  water 
front,  or  tide  or  submerged  lands  for  purposes  consistent  with 
commerce,  navigation  and  fishery  in  Los  Angeles  harbor,  upon 
such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  therein,  and  in 
such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance,  and  no  lease, 
franchise,  privilege,  permit,  or  any  such  revocable  license  or 
permit,  shall  ever  be  granted,  made  or  issued  for  any  purpose 
inconsistent  with  the  trusts  upon  which  the  water  frontage,  tide 
lands  and  submerged  lands  mentioned  in  this  section  are  held 
by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  or  inconsistent  with  the  require- 
ments of  commerce,  navigation  and  fishery  at  Los  Angeles  har- 
bor.    The   Board  of   Harbor   Commissioners   shall   make   such 

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rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section.  Such  rules  and  regulations  shall  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Council  by  ordinance. 

(w)  That  the  certain  tract  in  the  outer  harbor  designated 
as  Los  Angeles  municipal  dock  number  one,  and  formerly  known 
as  the  Huntington  concession,  and  all  wharves  and  other  im- 
provements thereon  or  pertaining  thereto  now  or  hereafter  con- 
structed, shall  never  be  sold,  conveyed,  alienated,  leased  or 
otherwise  disposed  of  in  whole  or  in  part,  in  any  manner  to 
any  private  person,  firm  or  corporation  whatsoever,  nor  shall 
any  lease,  franchise,  privilege  or  permit  ever  be  granted  to  any 
private  person,  firm  or  corporation  of,  in  or  to  said  tract, 
wharves  or  other  improvements,  or  any  part  thereof;  but  said 
tract,  wharves,  and  other  improvements,  and  the  whole  thereof, 
shall  be  forever  reserved  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  for  public 
improvements  and  municipal  uses,  to  be  made,  constructed,  op- 
erated and  maintained  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles;  provided, 
that  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  may,  under  such  terms 
and  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance,  grant  per- 
mits, licenses  or  concessions  to  conduct  any  such  occupation  or 
business  on  said  tract  as  may  conduce  to  the  comfort  and  con- 
venience of  the  public;  and  provided  further,  that  said  board 
may  designate  and  assign  berths  or  landings  for  the  use  of  ves- 
sels at  any  wharves  on  said  tract,  as  well  as  on  other  lands  and 
water  frontages  reserved  by  the  city  for  public  purposes,  but 
any  such  use  may  be  terminated  at  any  time  on  such  previous 
notice  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance,  and  said  board  may, 
whenever  any  railroad  tracks  are  located,  or  constructed  by  the 
city,  upon  said  tract,  or  upon  such  other  lands  or  water  front- 
ages, contract  for  or  permit  the  operation  of  cars  thereon  under 
such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 
—  [x\mendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  184.  Each  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  and  em- 
powered to  administer  oaths  and  affirmations  in  all  matters  inci- 
dent or  pertaining  to  the  exercise  of  the  duties  or  powers  of  the 

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said  board.  Said  board  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 
require,  by  subpoena,  the  attendance  and  testimony  of  witnesses, 
and  the  production  of  books,  papers  and  documents,  in  any  in- 
vestigation, hearing  or  proceeding  conducted  by  said  board,  in 
respect  to  any  matter  or  thing  of  which  said  board  has  jurisdic- 
tion. The  subpoenas  authoVized  as  aforesaid  shall  be  issued  and 
signed  by  the  president  of  said  board.  The  Chief  of  Police  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  serve  or  cause  to  be  served 
any  and  all  subpoenas  that  may  be  issued  by  said  board  from 
time  to  time.  The  Council  shall,  by  ordinance,  provide  suitable 
penalties  for  disobedience  of  such  subpoenas,  and  for  the  refusal 
of  witnesses  to  testify  before  such  board,  or  to  otherwise  com- 
ply with  such  subpoenas. 

Sec.  185.  All  moneys  received  or  collected  from  or  arising 
out  of  the  use  or  operation  of  wharves,  piers,  docks,  slips,  moles, 
quays,  landings,  elevators,  cranes,  derricks,  warehouses,  marine 
ways,  dry  docks,  ferries,  steamships,  vessels  and  other  water 
craft,  tug  boats,  and  all  other  works,  appliances  or  utilities 
owned,  operated  or  controlled  by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  in  or 
upon  or  pertaining  to  the  water  front,  to  Los  Angeles  harbor  or 
other  navigable  waters  in  the  said  city,  all  fees  for  pilotage,  and 
all  rents  or  other  charges  for  rights,  privileges  or  franchises 
granted  for  the  use  of  water  frontage,  tide  lands  or  submerged 
lands,  all  rents  for  leases  of  such  lands,  all  compensations,  ex- 
cept licenses,  required  to  be  paid  by  franchise  or  otherwise  by 
law  or  by  ordinance  to  the  city  for  the  operation  of  ferries, 
wharves  and  other  public  service  utilities  pertaining  to  said  har- 
bor and  other  navigable  waters  shall  be  deposited  in  the  City 
Treasury  to  the  credit  of  a  fund  to  be  known  as  the  "Harbor 
Revenue  Fund,"  and  shall  be  kept  separate  and  apart  from 
other  moneys  of  the  city.  Said  Board  of  Harbor  Commission- 
ers shall  have  power,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Charter, 
to  order  and  contract  for  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys  in  said 
fund  as  hereinafter  provided.  Moneys  shall  only  be  drawn  from 
said  fund  upon  demands  authenticated  by  the  signature  of  the 

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president  and  secretary  of  the  board,  or,  in  the  absence  of  the 
president,  by  the  signatures  of  two  members  and  the  secretary 
of  the  board,  except  that  the  City  Council,  at  the  time  of  fixing 
the  general  tax  levy,  may,  in  its  discretion,  by  ordinance,  ap- 
portion and  set  apart,  out  of  the  moneys  then  in  said  harbor 
revenue  fund,  an  amount  sufficient  to  meet  all  sums  coming 
due  for  interest  or  principal,  or  for  interest  and  principal,  upon 
all  outstanding  harbor  improvement  bonds,  before  the  time  for 
fixing  the  next  general  tax  levy,  and  the  City  Treasurer  shall 
use  the  money  so  apportioned  to  make  such  payment,  and  for  no 
other  purpose;  and  if  there  shall  be  a  surplus  remaining,  the 
same  shall  forthwith  be  retransferred  into  said  harbor  revenue 
fund. 

Excepting  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter,  none  of 
the  moneys  in  said  harbor  revenue  fund,  or  coming  under  the 
control  of  said  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners,  shall  be  ap- 
propriated or  used  for  any  purpose  or  purposes  other  than  the 
following,  to-w4t: 

First:  For  the  necessary  expenses  of  conducting  the  Har- 
bor Department,  of  operating  the  wharves,  piers,  docks,  slips, 
quays,  moles,  landings,  warehouses  and  other  utilities,  steam- 
ships, ferry  boats,  pilot  boats,  tug  boats,  and  other  vessels  and 
water  craft,  and  other  works,  appliances  and  utilities  owned, 
operated  or  controlled  by  the  city  and  pertaining  to  the  water 
front,  to  Los  Angeles  harbor  and  the  navigable  waters  in  the 
city. 

Second:  For  the  acquisition,  construction  and  completion 
of  sea  walls,  embankments,  bulkheads,  wharves,  ferries,  docks, 
slips,  quays,  moles,  landings,  warehouses,  and  other  structures, 
steamships,  ferry  boats,  pilot  boats,  tug  boats  and  other  vessels 
and  water  craft,  and  other  appliances  and  utilities  pertaining  to 
the  water  front,  to  Los  Angeles  harbor  and  other  navigable 
waters  in  the  city,  for  the  dredging,  deepening  and  cleaning  of 
the  waters  and  channels  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  and  for 
extraordinary   improvements   and   betterments   to   the    property 

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under  the  management  and  control  of  said  board,  including  also 
the  purchase  of  necessary  lands  and  other  property. 

Third:  The  payment,  as  above  provided,  of  installments 
of  the  interest  or  principal,  or  of  interest  and  principal,  coming 
due  on  outstanding  harbor  improvement  bonds. 

Sec.  186.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration to  fail,  refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  article,  and  any  person,  firm  or  corporation 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  or  refusing  to 
obey  or  conform  to  any  order  of  said  Board  of  Harbor  Com- 
missioners, or  any  rule  or  regulation  of  the  said  board,  with 
respect  to  the  operation  of  any  utility  mentioned  in  this  article, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  punishable  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  five  hun- 
dred ($500)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  for  a 
period  of  not  more  than  six  (6)  months,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment,  and  the  provisions  of  this  Charter  relative 
to  such  punishment  shall  apply. 


ARTICLE  XVIII. 
[Amendment,  1911.] 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  SERVICE. 

Sec.  190.  The  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  continue  in  the 
ownership  and  enjoyment  of  all  the  rights  to  the  water  of  the 
river  Los  Angeles,  heretofore  vested  in  it,  its  predecessors  or 
predecessor,  including  the  Pueblo  of  Los  Angeles,  and  is  hereby 
declared  to  have  the  full,  free  and  exclusive  right  to  all  the 
water  flowing  in  the  said  river  at  any  point  from  its  source  or 
sources  to  the  intersection  of  said  river  with  the  southern 
boundary  of  said  city,  and  also  the  ownership  of,  and  the  right 
to  develop,  economize,  control,  use  and  utilize,  all  waters  flow- 
ing beneath  the  surface  in  the  bed  of  said  river  at  any  point 
or  points  between  the  points  of  termini  above  named. 

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Sec.  191.  The  said  city  shall  not  convey,  lease  or  otherwise 
dispose  of  its  rights  in  the  waters  of  said  river  Los  Angeles  or 
any  part  thereof,  or  grant  or  lease  to  any  corporation  or  person 
any  right  or  privilege  to  use,  manage  or  control  the  said  waters, 
or  any  part  thereof,  for  any  purpose  public  or  private.  No 
other  water  or  water  right,  now  or  hereafter  owned  or  controlled 
by  the  city,  and  no  right  to  generate  or  develop  electric  or 
other  power  by  means  of  any  water  or  water  right,  now  or 
hereafter  owned  or  controlled  by  the  city,  shall  ever  be  sold, 
transferred,  leased  or  disposed  of,  in  whole  or  in  part,  without 
the  assent  of  two-thirds  of  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city  voting 
on  the  proposition  at  a  general  or  special  election  at  which  such 
proposition  shall  be  lawfully  submitted;  and  no  electric  power, 
now  or  hereafter  owned  or  controlled  by  the  city,  shall  ever 
be  sold,  transferred,  leased,  or  disposed  of,  to  any  person  or 
corporation  for  resale,  rental,  disposal,  or  distribution,  to  con- 
sumers, or  other  persons,  without  the  assent  of  two-thirds  of  the 
qualified  voters  of  the  city  given  as  aforesaid ;  provided,  how- 
ever, that  nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  be  construed 
to  prevent  the  ordinary  sale  and  distribution,  by  the  city,  in  the 
manner  hereinafter  prescribed,  of  the  waters  belonging  to  or 
controlled  by  the  city,  to  the  inhabitants  thereof,  or  persons 
doing  business  therein,  for  domestic  and  irrigating  uses,  and 
for  manufacturing  and  business*  purposes,  other  than  water 
power,  or  to  prevent  the  ordinary  sale  and  distribution,  by  the 
city,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  prescribed,  of  the  electric  power 
belonging  to  or  controlled  by  the  city,  to  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
and  persons  doing  business  herein,  for  their  own  use,  or  to 
prevent  the  supplying  or  distributing,  by  the  city,  of  any  sur- 
plus water  or  surplus  power  belonging  to  or  controlled  by  the 
city,  and  not  required  for  distribution  to  consumers  within  its 
limits,  to  municipal  corporations,  and  to  consumers  and  users, 
outside  of  the  city;  provided,  further,  that  no  water  shall  ever 
be  supplied  or  distributed  to  any  person  or  corporation,  other 


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than  municipal,   for  resale,  rental  or  disposal  to   consumers  or 
other  persons. 

Sec.  192.  There  is  hereby  established  a  department  of  the 
government  of  said  city  to  be  known  as  the  ''Department  of 
Public  Service,"  which  shall  be  under  the  management  and  con- 
trol of  a  Board  of  Public  Service  Commissioners. 

(a)  Said  board  shall  consist  of  five  members,  who  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  a  majority 
of  the  Council. 

(b)  The  appointment  of  said  commissioners  shall  be  made 
without  regard  to  political  opinions,  but  with  reference  to  their 
fitness  for  such  office. 

(c)  The  term  of  office  of  the  Public  Service  Commission- 
ers shall  be  four  years;  provided,  however,  that,  upon  the  taking 
effect  of  this  aritcle,  the  Water  Commissioners  of  said  city  then 
in  office  shall  be  and  become  the  Public  Service  Commissioners 
of  the  city,  and  shall  continue  in  office  as  such  commissioners 
until  the  expiration  of  the  terms  for  which  they  were  appointed, 
respectively,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and 
qualify ;  provided,  further,  that  the  term  of  office  of  each  of  said 
Water  Commissioners  shall  expire  on  the  first  Monday  in 
January  of  the  fourth  calendar  year  immediately  following  his 
appointment. 

The  Mayor  shall,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Council, 
fill  all  vacancies  by  appointment  for  the  unexpired  term. 

(d)  The  commissioners  shall  organize  by  electing  one  of 
their  members  president,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  one  year 
and  until  his  successor  is  elected,  and  they  may  appoint  a  secre- 
tary, who  is  not  a  member  of  the  board,  and  fix  his  compen- 
sation. 

(e)  The  president  of  the  Board  of  Public  Service  Com- 
missioners shall  be  the  executive  officer  of  the  department,  and 
shall  perform  such  duties  as  the  board  may  prescribe.  He  shall 
devote  so  much  of  his  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  proper  supervision  and  direction  of  the  busi- 

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ness  of  the  department.  The  secretary  of  the  board  shall  keep 
a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board,  and  may  certify  such 
proceedings  under  his  hand,  to  be  authenticated  by  seal,  if  a 
seal  be  adopted  and  provided  by  the  board  for  that  purpose, 
and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  board  may  prescribe. 

(f)  The  board  shall  maintain  an  office,  and  prescribe  office 
hours  for  the  convenience  of  the  public.  The  board  shall  hold 
a  regular  stated  meeting  once  in  each  week.  The  members  of 
the  board  shall  serve  without  compensation,  except  that  the 
president  of  the  board  shall  receive  a  salary  of  $3000  per  an- 
num, payable  in  equal  monthly  installments. 

(g)  The  Board  of  Public  Service  Commissioners  shall 
have  power: 

To  manage  and  control  all  waters,  water  rights,  water  bear- 
ing lands,  water  works,  reservoirs,  zanjas,  ditches,  and  all  elec- 
tric plans,  works,  systems  arid  equipments,  and  all  electric 
power,  belonging  to  the  city. 

To  construct,  operate,  maintain  and  extend  water  works, 
dams,  reservoirs,  zanjas,  ditches,  canals,  conduits,  aqueducts  and 
other  means  for  supplying  the  city  and  its  inhabitants  with 
water;  also  electric  plants,  works,  systems  and  equipments,  and 
other  means  for  supplying  the  city  and  its  inhabitants  with  elec- 
tricity for  light,  power,  heat  and  other  purposes;  and  to  acquire 
and  take,  by  purchase,  lease,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  and, 
in  its  own  name,  to  hold,  as  special  trustee  for  the  city,  any 
and  all  property  situated  within  or  without  the  limits  of  the 
city,  that  may  be  necessary  or  convenient  for  such  construction, 
operation,  maintenance  or  extension. 

To  supply  and  distribute  any  surplus  water  or  surplus 
electric  power,  belonging  to  or  controlled  by  the  city,  and  not 
required  for  use  within  its  limits,  to  consumers  outside  of  the 
city,  for  their  own  use,  and  to  municipal  corporations,  outside 
of  the  city,  for  municipal  uses,  or  for  resale,  disposal  or  distri- 
bution, by  such  municipal  corporations,  to  consumers  within 
their  limits,  respectively;  such  surplus  water  and  electric  power 

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to  be  so  supplied  and  distributed,  for  use  outside  of  the  city, 
under  schedules  of  rates,  fixed  as  hereinafter  provided,  which 
shall  be  of  uniform  operation,  as  near  as  may  be,  and  shall  be 
fair  and  reasonable,  taking  into  consideration,  among  other 
things,  the  nature  of  the  use,  the  quantity  supplied,  and  the 
value  of  the  service ;  provided,  however,  that  water  or  electric 
power  shall  not  be  supplied  by  the  city  at  less  rates  outside  of 
the  city  than  inside  thereof,  for  the  same  or  similar  uses;  pro- 
vided, further,  that  the  supplying  or  distribution  of  water  or 
power,  for  use  outside  of  the  city,  as  aforesaid,  shall,  in  every 
case,  be  subject  to  the  paramount  right  of  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles,  at  any  time,  to  discontinue  the  same,  in  whole  or  in 
part,  and  to  take  and  hold,  or  to  distribute,  such  water  and 
power,  or  either  thereof,  for  the  use  of  the  city  and  its  inhab- 
itants; mid  provided,  further,  that  contracts  for  supplying  sur- 
plus water  or  surplus  electric  power  by  the  city  to  municipal 
corporations  outside  of  the  city  may  be  made  by  the  board,  in 
the  name  of  the  city,  for  periods  not  exceeding  fifteen  years, 
and  upon  such  terms  and  conditions,  and  for  such  compensation 
to  the  city,  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  resolution  adopted  by  said 
board  and  approved  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  of 
the  whole  Council ;  but  every  such  contract  must,  before  the 
making  or  execution  thereof,  be  assented  to  by  a  majority  of  the 
qualified  electors  of  said  city  voting  upon  the  proposition  at  a 
general  or  special  election  at  which  such  proposition  shall  be 
lawfully  submitted;  and  in  every  such  contract  with  a  municipal 
corporation,  as  aforesaid,  the  right  shall  be  reserved  to  the  city 
to  terminate  the  same  upon  three  years'  written  notice  to  such 
municipal  corporation,  to  be  given  by  said  board  whenever  it 
shall  be  determined  and  declared  by  resolution,  adopted  by  said 
board,  and  approved  by  an  ordinance  of  said  city,  that  the  water 
and  electric  power,  or  either,  to  be  supplied  under  such  contract, 
is  required  for  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  and  its  inhabitants. 

To  regulate  and  control  the  use,  sale  and  distribution  of 
water   and   electricity   belonging  to  the   city,   the   collection   of 

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water  and  electric  power  and  light  rates,  and  the  granting  of 
permits  for  connections  with  said  water  works,  zanjas,  ditches, 
electric  works  or  electric  systems,  and  to  fix  the  rates  to  be 
charged  for  such  connections;  and,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  City  Council,  by  ordinance,  to  fix  the  rates  to  be  charged 
for  water,  electric  power  and  electric  light,  whether  within  or 
without  the  city  limits,  and  to  prescribe  the  time  and  manner 
of  payment  of  the  same.  Such  rates  shall  be  so  fixed  at  least 
every  two  years;  provided  that,  except  as  hereinafter  otherwise 
prescribed,  the  rates  to  be  charged  by  the  city  for  water  or 
electric  power,  supplied  by  it  for  use  within  its  limits,  shall  be 
of  uniform  operation,  as  near  as  may  be,  and  shall  be  fair  and 
reasonable,  taking  into  consideration,  among  other  things,  the 
nature  of  the  use,  the  quantity  supplied  and  the  value  of  the 
service. 

To  appoint,  employ,  and,  for  good  cause,  remove,  a  chief 
engineer  of  water  works,  who  shall  be  the  successor  in  office 
of  the  superintendent  of  water  works,  an  electrical  engineer, 
and  such  assistants,  employees  and  laborers  as  the  board  may 
deem  necessary;  to  fix  their  compensations,  prescribe  their 
duties,  and  to  require  of  any  or  all  of  them  adequate  bonds  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  such  duties. 

To  sue  and  be  sued,  and  to  require  the  services  of  the  City 
Attorney,  free  of  charge,  in  all  cases  to  which  the  board  is  a 
party. 

To  control  and  order  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys  re- 
ceived from  the  sale  or  use  of  water,  or  from  any  other  source 
in  connection  with  the  operation  and  management  of  the  water 
works  of  said  city;  provided,  that  all  such  moneys  shall  be  de- 
posited in  the  treasury  of  the  city  to  the  credit  of  a  fund  to 
fbe  known  as  the  "Water  Revenue  Fund,"  and  shall  be  kept 
separate  and  apart  from  other  moneys  of  the  city,  and  shall 
only  be  drawn  from  said  fund  upon  demands  authenticated  by 
the  signatures  of  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  board,  or, 
in  the  absence  of  the  president,  by  the  signatures  of  two  mem- 

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bers  and  the  secretary  of  the  board,  except  that  the  City  Coun- 
cil, at  the  time  of  fixing  the  general  tax  levy,  may,  in  its  discre- 
tion, by  ordinance,  apportion  and  set  apart,  out  of  the  moneys 
then  in  said  water  revenue  fund,  and  not  appropriated  to  other 
purposes,  or  required  to  meet  outstanding  obligations  and  lia- 
bilities payable  out  of  such  fund,  an  amount  sufficient  to  meet 
all  sums  coming  due  for  interest  or  principal,  or  for  interest 
and  principal,  upon  all  outstanding  water  works  bonds,  before 
the  time  for  fixing  the  next  general  tax  levy,  and  the  City 
Treasurer  shall  use  the  money  so  apportioned  to  make  such 
payment,  and  for  no  other  purpose;  and  if  there  shall  be  a 
surplus  remaining,  the  same  shall  forthwith  be  retransf erred  into 
said  water  revenue  fund. 

(h)  None  of  the  money  in  said  water  revenue  fund  or 
coming  under  the  control  of  said  board,  in  connection  with  the 
operation  and  management  of  the  water  works  of  said  city,  shall 
be  appropriated  or  used  for  any  purpose  or  purposes  other 
than  the  following,  to-wit: 

First:  For  the  necessary  expenses  of  conducting  the  busi- 
ness of  said  department  pertaining  to  water,  of  operating  and 
maintaining  the  water  works,  and  of  making  all  current  and 
ordinary  extensions,  betterments  and  repairs. 

Second:  For  extraordinary  improvements  of  and  better- 
ments to  the  property,  works,  and  systems  of  supply  and  dis- 
tribution of  the  department  of  public  service  pertaining  to 
water,  including  the  purchase  of  necessary  lands,  water  rights 
and  other  property. 

Third:  The  payment,  as  above  provided,  of  the  install- 
ments of  interest  or  principal,  or  of  interest  and  principal  com- 
ing due  upon  outstanding  water  works  bonds. 

Provided,  however,  that  said  board  may,  in  its  discretion, 
with  the  approval  of  the  Council  given  as  aforesaid,  so  fix  the 
water  rates  as  to  produce  a  revenue  sufficient  only  for  the  pur- 
pose of  defraying  the  necessary  expenses  of  conducting  the 
business  of  said  department  pertaining  to  water,  of  operating 

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the  water  works,  and  of  making  all  current  and  ordinary  exten- 
sions, betterments  and  repairs,  and  for  no  other  purpose. 

To  control  and  order  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys  received 
from  the  sale  or  use  of  electric  power,  or  otherwise  in  connec- 
tion with  the  operation  and  management  of  the  electric  power 
works  and  systems  of  said  city;  provided,  that  all  such  moneys 
shall  be  deposited  in  the  treasury  of  the  city,  to  the  credit  of  a 
fund  to  be  known  as  the  "Power  Revenue  Fund,"  and  shall  be 
kept  separate  and  apart  from  the  other  moneys  of  the  city,  and 
shall  only  be  drawn  from  said  fund  upon  demands  authenti- 
cated by  the  signatures  of  the  president  and  secretary  of  the 
board,  or,  in  the  absence  of  the  president,  by  signatures  of  two 
members  and  the  secretary  of  the  board,  except  that  the  City 
Council,  at  the  time  of  fixing  the  general  tax  levy,  may,  in  its 
discretion,  by  ordinance,  apportion  and  set  apart,  out  of  the 
moneys  then  in  said  power  revenue  fund,  and  not  appropriated 
to  other  purposes  or  required  to  meet  outstanding  obligations 
or  liabilities  payable  out  of  such  fund,  an  amount  sufficient  to 
meet  all  sums  coming  due  for  interest  or  principal,  or  for  in- 
terest and  principal,  upon  all  outstanding  electric  plant  bonds, 
before  the  time  for  fixing  the  next  general  tax  levy,  and  the 
City  Treasurer  shall  use  the  money  so  apportioned  to  make 
such  payment,  and  for  no  other  purpose;  and  if  there  shall  be 
a  surplus  remaining,  the  same  shall  forthwith  be  retransferred 
into  said  power  revenue  fund. 

Except  as  in  this  Charter  otherwise  provided,  none  of  the 
money  in  said  power  revenue  fund,  or  coming  under  the  control 
of  said-  board,  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the  electric 
power  plants,  works  or  systems  of  the  city,  shall  be  appropriated 
or  used  for  any  purpose  or  purposes  other  than  the  following, 
to-wit : 

First:  For  the  necessary  expenses  of  conducting,  oper- 
ating and  maintaining  and  extending  the  business  of  said  de- 
partment pertaining  to  electric  power,  of  the  electric  power 
works,  plants,  systems  and  equipments,  and  of  making  all  cur- 

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rent  and  ordinary  extensions,  betterments  and  repairs. 

Second:  For  extraordinary  improvements  of  and  better- 
ments to  the  property,  works  and  systems  of  said  department 
pertaining  to  electric  power,  including  the  purchase  of  necessary 
lands,  and  other  property. 

Third:  The  payment,  as  above  provided,  of  installments 
of  interest  or  principal,  or  of  interest  and  principal,  coming  due 
upon  outstanding  electric  plant  bonds. 

Fourth:  For  the  necessary  expenses  of  acquiring,  by  pur- 
chase, condemnation,  or  otherwise,  or  leasing  electric  power 
plants,  works  or  systems;  provided,  that  such  expenditures  shall 
first  be  approved  by  ordinance  passed  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of 
the  members  of  the  whole  Council. 

Provided,  however,  that  said  board  may,  in  its  discretion, 
with  the  approval  of  the  Council  given  as  aforesaid,  so  fix  the 
rates  for  electric  power  and  light  as  to  produce  a  revenue  suffi- 
cient only  for  the  purpose  of  defraying  the  necessary  expenses 
of  conducting  the  business  of  said  department  pertaining  to  elec- 
tric power,  of  operating  and  maintaining  power  works,  plants, 
systems  and  equipments,  and  of  making  all  current  and  ordi- 
nary extensions,  betterments  and  repairs  thereof,  and  for  no 
other  purpose. 

(i)  The  said  board  shall  also  have  power,  by  a  resolution 
adopted  by  a  majority  of  all  of  its  members,  and  recorded  in 
the  minutes  with  the  ayes  and  noes  at  length,  to  make  and 
enforce  all  such  reasonable  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  as  may 
be  necessary  for  its  government,  for  the  administration  of  the 
Public  Service  Department,  and  for  the  exercise  of  the  powers 
conferred  by  this  article ;  provided,  that  no  such  rule,  by-law,  or 
other  act  of  the  board  fixing  water  or  electric  power  or  light 
rates,  or  prescribing  the  time  or  manner  of  payment  thereof, 
shall  be  effective  until  the  same  shall  be  approved  by  the  City 
Council,  and  thereafter  published  for  at  least  three  days  in  a 
daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles. 

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(j)  Three  members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Service  Com- 
missioners shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business;  but  no  contract  shall  be  made,  no  bill  audited,  nor 
any  act  done  involving  the  expenditure  of  money,  or  the  in- 
curring of  a  debt,  unless  three  members  of  the  board  vote  in 
favor  thereof. 

The  board  shall  not  make  any  contract  or  expenditure  for 
supplies,  goods,  materials,  machinery,  or  merchandise,  involv- 
ing the  sum  of  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  unless  it  shall 
first  have  caused  a  notice  to  be  published  in  a  daily  newspaper, 
printed  and  published  one  or  more  times  in  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles,  inviting  proposals  to  furnish  the  same.  And  the  reg- 
ular contract  therefor  shall  be  let  to  the  lowest  regular,  respon- 
sible bidder  who  shall  furnish  security  for  its  performance  sat- 
isfactory to  the  board;  provided,  that  the  board  may  reject  any 
and  all  bids. 

(k)  The  Board  of  Public  Service  Commissioners  shall 
present  to  the  Council,  at  its  meeting  in  the  first  week  of 
August  in  each  year,  a  report  for  the  year  ending  on  the 
thirtieth  day  of  June,  next  preceding,  which  shall  show  the 
amount  of  money  received  from  all  sources,  the  purposes  for 
which  such  money  has  been  expended,  the  amounts  so  expended, 
and  the  balance  on  hand;  also  the  nature  and  condition  of  the 
property  held  by  the  board,  with  such  information  and  sugges- 
tions as  it  may  deem  of  general  interest;  and  the  board  shall 
also,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each  month,  make  out  and 
present  to  the  City  Council  a  similar  statement  of  all  receipts 
and  expenditures  during  the  preceding  calendar  month. 

(1)  The  Council  shall  cause  to  be  conveyed  to  said  board, 
as  special  trustee  for  the  city,  all  property,  real  and  personal, 
belonging  to  the  city  (except  the  water  and  water  rights  men- 
tioned in  Section  190  of  this  Charter),  that  is  now  or  may  here- 
after be  used,  required,  or  convenient  in  the  operation,  mainte- 
nance, or  extension  of  a  system  of  water  works  for  supplying 
the  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  with  water,  and  in 


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protecting  the  sources  of  such  water  supply  from  diversion  oi 
pollution,  or  in  the  operation,  maintenance  or  extension  of 
plants,  works  and  systems  for  supplying  the  inhabitants  of  said 
city  with  electricity. 

(m)  The  board  may  lease  for  terms  not  exceeding  five 
years,  any  or  all  of  the  lands  by  this  article  placed  under  its 
control  for  agricultural  or  other  purposes,  which  shall  not  con- 
flict with  the  beneficial  use  of  said  lands  by  the  city  for  the 
purposes  for  which  they  are  held  by  said  board ;  and  the  board 
may,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter,  sell,  from 
time  to  time,  such  personal  property,  placed  under  its  control, 
as  shall  not  be  longer  necessary  or  suitable  for  the  use  of  the 
Public  Service  Department.  No  real  property  nor  any  rights 
or  interest  in  real  property  held  by  said  board  shall  be  sold, , 
leased  or  otherwise  disposed  of,  or  in  any  manner  withdrawn 
from  its  control,  save  as  above  provided,  unless  by  a  written  in- 
strument duly  authorized  by  ordinance  of  the  city,  and  a  reso- 
lution of  the  board  and  duly  executed  by  the  city  and  the  board ; 
provided,  that  none  of  the  waters,  water  rights,  electric  power, 
or  rights  to  generate  electric  or  other  power,  by  this  article 
placed  under  the  control  of  said  board,  shall  be  conveyed,  leased 
or  otherwise  disposed  of,  except  as  provided  in  Section  191  of 
this  Charter. 

Sec.  193.  There  is  hereby  created  in  the  Department  of 
Public  Service  a  bureau  to  be  known  as  the  Bureau  of  Water 
Works  and  Supply.  Said  bureau  shall  have  charge  and  super- 
vision, through  the  chief  engineer,  but  under  the  direction  and 
control  of  the  Public  Service  Commission,  of  the  water,  water 
rights,  water  works  and  systems  of  Ahe  city,  and  of  the  distribu- 
tion of  water  belonging  to  the  city. 

Sec.  193-a.  There  is  hereby  created  in  the  Department  of 
Public  Service  a  bureau  to  be  known  as  the  Bureau  of  Power 
and  Light.  Said  bureau  shall  have  charge  and  supervision, 
through  the  electrical  engineer,  but  under  the  direction  and  con- 
trol of  the  Public  Service  Commission,  of  the  power  and  lighting 

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systems,  works,  lines  and  equipments  of  the  city,  and  of  the  dis- 
tribution of  electricity  for  light,  power  and  other  purposes  be- 
longing to  the  city. 

Sec.  193-b.  All  water  mains  hereafter  laid  in  said  city  by 
any  private  person,  company,  or  corporation,  shall  be  of  such 
material  and  of  such  capacity  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  ordi- 
nanc64  provided,  that  no  such  main  shall  hereafter  b«  laid  in 
said  city  of  less  dimensions  than  four  inches  in  diameter. 

Sec.  193-c.  The  rates  of  compensation  for  use  of  water  to 
be  collected  in  said  city,  by  any  person,  company,  or  corpora- 
tion, other  than  the  Board  of  Public  Service  Commissioners, 
shall  be  fixed  annually  by  ordinance,  and  shall  continue  in  force 
for  one  year  and  no  longer.  Such  ordinance  shall  be  passed 
in  the  month  of  February  of  each  year,  and  take  effect  on  the 
first  day  of  July  thereafter.  Should  the  Council  fail  to  pass  the 
necessary  ordinances,  fixing  the  water  rates  within  the  time 
hereinbefore  prescribed,  it  shall  be  subject  to  peremptory  process 
to  compel  action  at  the  suit  of  any  party  interested. 


ARTICLE  XIX. 

[Amendment,  1911.] 

ELECTIONS. 

Sec.  194.  Elections  to  be  held  in  said  city  for  the  purpose 
of  electing  the  officers  of  said  city  and  for  all  other  purposes, 
are  of  three  kinds: 

(1)  Primary  X^ominating  Elections. 

(2)  General   Municipal  Elections. 

(3)  Special  Elections. 

Sec.  195.  General  municipal  elections  shall  be  held  in  said 
city  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  June  of  every  odd  numbered  year, 
commencing  with  the  year  1913.  At  the  general  municipal 
election  in  1913  all  the  elective  officers  of  said  city  provided 
for  by  this  Charter  shall  be  elected. —  [Amendment,  1913.] 

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Sec.  196.  The  officers  elected  at  a  general  municipal  elec- 
tion shall  after  they  have  qualified  as  provided  in  this  Charter 
enter  upon  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  offices  to  which 
they  have  been  elected,  on  the  first  Monday  in  July  next  suc- 
ceeding their  election,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  and  shall,  except  as 
otherwise  provided  for  in  this  Charter,  serve  for  two  years,  and 
until  their  successors  have  been  elected  and  qualified;  provided, 
that  any  person  elected  to  fill  a  vacancy  shall,  after  qualifying 
as  herein  provided,  enter  at  once  upon  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  the  office  to  which  he  has  been  elected,  and  shall  serve 
for  the  remainder  of  the  term  and  until  his  successor  shall  have 
been  elected  and  qualified. —  [Amendment,   1913.] 

Sec.  197.  In  the  event  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  member 
of  the  Board  of  Education  said  board  shall  fill  the  same  by  ap- 
pointment, and  in  the  event  of  a  vacancy  in  any  other  elective 
office  the  Council  shall  fill  the  same  by  appointment.  In  each 
case  the  person  so  appointed  shall  hold  office  until  the  election 
and  qualification  of  a  person  to  fill  the  vacancy  for  the  unex- 
pired term,  which  election  shall  take  place  at  the  next  succeed- 
ing general  municipal  election,  if  any,  occurring  prior  to  the 
expiration  of  such  term;  and  if  no  such  election  shall  so  occur, 
then  such  appointed  person  shall  hold  office  for  the  unexpired 
term. 

Sec.  198.  The  Council  shall  have  power  to  submit  to  the 
electors  of  said  city  at  any  election  any  proposition  or  question 
or  ordinance  required  or  authorized  to  be  so  submitted  by  the 
Constitution  of  the  State  of  California,  the  law,  this  Charter,  or 
by  ordinance ;  provided,  that  in  case  such  proposition  or  question 
is  required  by  the  said  Constitution,  law.  Charter  or  ordinance 
to  be  submitted  at  a  special  or  other  particular  kind  of  election, 
it  shall  be  so  submitted,  and  not  otherwise. 

THE  INITIATIVE. 

Sec.  198-a.  Any  proposed  ordinance  which  the  Council  it- 
self might  adopt,  may  be  submitted  to  the  Council  by  a  petition 

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filed  with  the  City  Clerk,  as  provided  in  Section  198-b,  praying 
for  the  adoption  of  such  ordinance,  or,  if  the  same  be  not 
adopted,  that  such  ordinance  be  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the 
electors  of  the  city.  Any  such  petition  shall  be  known  as  an 
initiative  petition.  Such  petition  shall  set  forth  the  proposed 
ordinance  in  full,  and  shall  be  signed  by  qualified  electors  of  the 
city  equal  in  number  to  the  percentages  hereinafter  prescribed. 
The  basis  upon  which  such  percentages  of  qualified  electors  of 
the  city  shall  be  estimated  shall  be  the  total  number  of  votes 
cast  for  all  candidates  for  the  ofiice  of  Mayor  at  the  last  gen- 
eral municipal  election  prior  to  the  filing  of  such  petition  at 
which  a  Mayor  was  elected. 

Sec.  198-b.  Any  petition  submitting  a  proposed  ordinance 
to  the  Council,  as  provided  in  this  article,  shall  be  in  form,  and 
shall  be  signed,  filed  and  certified  as  follows : 

In  making  such  petition  sheets  of  white  paper  of  a  uniform 
size  shall  be  used,  which  shall  be  substantially  twelve  by  thirty 
inches.  Such  petition  shall  consist  of  separate  papers,  as  fol- 
lows :  Each  paper  shall  consist  of  a  sheet  or  sheets,  containing 
the  proposed  ordinance,  with  additional  sheet  or  sheets  for  the 
signatures  thereto;  provided,  however,  that  if  any  paper  consist 
of  more  than  one  sheet  it  shall  be  and  remain  securely  fastened 
together  at  the  top.  The  signatures  need  aot  all  be  appended  to 
one  sheet  or  paper.  The  proposed  ordinal  ce,  as  set  forth  in  any 
paper,  shall  be  followed  by  the  signature:;.  Such  petition  shall 
be  signed  by  qualified  electors  of  the  city  in  their  own  proper 
persons  only,  and  opposite  the  signature  written  by  each  signer 
his  residence  shall  be  written  by  him,  giving  the  street  and  num- 
ber, when  such  designation  by  street  and  number  can  be  given, 
or  if  the  signer  be  unable  to  write,  then  sach  signature  and  resi- 
dence shall  be  written  by  some  person  at  his  request,  and  the 
same  identified  on  the  margin  by  the  signature  of  the  person 
making  the  affidavit  hereinafter  provided.  Each  such  paper 
shall  have  attached  thereto  at  the  bottom  of  the  last  sheet 
thereof  the  affidavit  of  a  qualified  elector  ->f  the  city  stating  that 

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all  of  the  signatures  on  each  sheet  thereof  were  made  in  his 
presence,  and  that  all  of  the  sheets  constituting  such  paper  were 
fastened  together  at  the  time  such  signatures  were  appended 
thereto;  and  that  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  each 
signature  is  the  genuine  signature  of  the  person  whose  name 
purports  to  be  thereunto  subscribed.  Each  of  the  other  sheets 
of  such  paper,  containing  signatures,  shall  be  identified  by  the 
signature  of  the  person  making  such  affidavit. 

Within  ten  days  from  the  date  of  the  filing  of  such  petition, 
the  City  Clerk  shall  examine  the  same  and  ascertain  whether 
or  not  said  petition  is  signed  by  the  requisite  number  of  quali- 
fied electors  of  the  city ;  and  if  requested  by  the  City  Clerk,  the 
Council  shall  authorize  him  to  employ  persons  specially  for  that 
purpose,  in  addition  to  the  persons  regularly  employed  in  his 
office,  and  the  provisions  of  the  Charter  respecting  the  classified 
Civil  Service  of  the  city  shall  not  apply  to  the  persons  so  spe- 
cially employed.  When  the  City  Clerk  has  completed  his  ex- 
amination of  the  petition,  he  shall  attach  to  the  same  his  certifi- 
cate, properly  dated,  showing  the  result  of  such  examination, 
and  if  from  such  examination  he  shall  find  that  said  petition 
is  signed  by  the  requisite  number  of  qualified  electors  of  the 
city,  or  is  not  so  signed,  he  shall  certify  that  the  same  is  suffi- 
cient or  insufficient,  as  the  case  may  be.  If  by  the  certificate 
of  the  City  Clerk  the  petition  is  found  to  be  insufficient,  it  may 
be  amended  by  filing  a  supplemental  petition  or  petitions  within 
ten  days  from  the  date  of  such  certificate.  The  City  Clerk  shall, 
within  ten  days  after  the  filing  of  such  supplemental  petition  or 
petitions,  make  like  examination  of  the  same  and  certify  to  the 
result  of  such  examination  as  hereinbefore  provided.  If  his 
certificate  shall  show  any  such  petition  or  any  such  petition  as 
amended,  to  be  insufficient,  it  shall  be  retained  by  him  and  kept 
as  a  public  record,  without  prejudice,  however,  to  the  filing  of 
a  new  petition  to  the  same  effect.  But  if,  by  the  certificate  of 
the  City  Clerk,  such  petition,  or  such  petition  as  amended,  is 
shown  to  be  sufficient,  the  City  Clerk  shall  present  the  same  to 

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the  Council  without  delay.  The  sufficiency  or  insufficiency  of 
such  petition  shall  not  be  subject  to  review  by  the  Council. 

If  any  supplemental  petition  be  filed,  all  the  signatures  ap- 
pended to  the  petition  and  to  the  supplemental  petition  or  peti- 
tions shall  be  considered  in  determining  the  number  of  qualified 
electors  signing  the  initiative  petition. 

An^  signer  to  a  petition  or  supplemental  petition  may  with- 
draw his  name  from  the  same  by  filing  with  the  City  Clerk  a 
verified  revocation  of  his  signature  before  the  filing  of  the  peti- 
tion, or  supplemental  petition,  with  said  City  Clerk.  No  signa- 
ture can  be  revoked  after  the  petition  to  which  it  is  attached  or 
supplemental  petition  has  been  filed.  The  City  Clerk  shall  en- 
dorse .on  said  petition  and  on  any  supplemental  petition  the 
name  of  the  person  or  persons  who  filed  the  same,  respectively. 
If  any  signature  to  such  petition  or  supplemental  petition  be 
called  in  question,  the  City  Clerk  shall  forthwith  mail  notice  to 
such  purported  signer,  stating  that  his  name  is  attached  to  such 
petition  or  supplemental  petition,  and  cite  him  to  appear  before 
him  forthwith  to  answer  whether  such  signature  is  genuine.  If 
the  City  Clerk  finds  that  any  signature  is  not  genuine,  he  shall 
strike  the  same  from  such  petition.  After  an  election  based  on 
any  initiative  petition,  the  sufficiency  of  such  petition  in  any 
respect  shall  not  be  subject  to  judicial  review  or  be  otherwise 
questioned. 

Sec.  198-c.  If  the  petition  praying  for  the  adoption  by  the 
Council  of  any  proposed  ordinance,  or  if  the  same  be  not 
adopted,  for  the  submission  of  such  ordinance  to  a  vote  of  the 
electors  of  the  city,  be  signed  by  fifteen  per  centum  of  the 
qualified  electors  of  said  city  estimated  upon  the  basis  aforesaid, 
then  the  Council  shall  either: 

(a)  Pass  said  ordinance,  without  alteration,  within  twenty 
days  after  the  presentation  of  such  petition  to  the  Council  by 
the  Clerk;  and  if  the  Council  shall  fail  to  pass  said  ordinance 
within  said  time,  or  if  the  same  shall  be  passed  by  the  Council, 
but  shall  be  vetoed  by  the  Mayor,  and  on  reconsideration  by  the 

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Council,  said  ordinance  shall  fail  of  passage  over  the  Mayor's 
veto,  the  Council  shall  thereupon,  within  ten  days  after  it  shall 
have  so  failed  of  passage,  call  a  special  election,  at  which  said 
proposed  ordinance,  without  alteration,  shall  be  submitted  to  a 
vote  of  the  qualified  electors  of  said  city;  such  election  shall  be 
held  not  more  than  fifty  days  from  the  date  of  the  meeting  of 
the  Council  at  which  said  ordinance  so  failed  of  passage;  pro- 
vided, hozvever,  that  if  a  general  or  special  municipal  election 
for  any  other  purpose  shall  be  called  and  held  in  said  city  within 
said  fifty  days,  then  such  ordinance  shall  be  submitted  at  said 
election;  or, 

(b)  Forthwith  after  the  presentation  of  such  petition  to 
the  Council,  it  shall  call  a  special  election  for  the  purpose  of 
submitting  said  ordinance  to  a  vote  of  the  electors  of  the  cicy, 
and  such  election  shall  be  held  not  more  than  fifty  days  from 
the  date  of  the  presentation  of  such  petition  to  the  Council  by 
the  City  Clerk;  provided,  however,  that  if  a  general  or  special 
municipal  election  for  any  other  purpose  shall  be  called  and 
held  in  said  city  within  said  fifty  days,  then  such  ordinance  shall 
be  submitted  at  such  election. 

Any  ordinance  proposed  by  initiative  petition  and  passed 
by  the  Council  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  or  passed  by  the 
Council  and  passed  over  the  Mayor's  veto,  shall  be  subject  to 
the  referendum  by  petition  as  herein  provided  in  the  case  of 
other  ordinances. 

If  the  said  petition  be  signed  by  at  least  five  per  centum  but 
less  than  fifteen  per  centum  of  the  qualified  electors  of  said  city, 
estimated  upon  the  basis  aforesaid,  then  such  ordinance,  without 
alteration,  shall  be  submitted  by  the  Council  to  a  vote  of  the 
electors  of  the  city  at  the  next  general  municipal  election  or  at 
any  special  election  prior  thereto,  that  shall  be  held  at  any  time 
after  twenty  3ays  from  the  date  of  the  presentation  of  said  pe- 
tition to  the  Council. 

In  the  event  that  said  petition  prays  for  the  adoption  of  a 
proposed  ordinance  amending  or  repealing  an  ordinance  there- 

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tofore  proposed  by  petition  and  adopted  by  a  vote  of  the  electors, 
and  is  signed  by  qualified  electors  of  said  city  equal  in  number 
to  fifteen  per  centum  of  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city  esti- 
mated on  the  basis  aforesaid,  then,  but  not  otherwise,  the  Coun- 
cil must  submit  such  proposed  ordinance  to  a  vote  of  the  electors 
of  the  city  at  the  next  general  municipal  election  or  at  any 
special  el(ri:tion  prior  thereto,  that  shall  be  held  at  any  time  after 
twenty  days  from  the  date  of  the  presentation  of  such  petition 
to  the  Council. 

Sec.  198-d.  Any  person  or  persons  filing  an  initiative  peti- 
tion, or  the  person  or  organization  on  whose  behalf  such  petition 
is  filed,  shall  have  the  right  to  file  with  the  City  Clerk,  at  least 
twenty  days  prior  to  the  election  at  which  the  ordinance  pro- 
posed by  such  petition  is  to  be  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  electors 
of  the  city,  printed  copies  of  an  argument  favoring  said  pro- 
posed ordinance,  and  the  Council  shall  have  the  right  to  pre- 
sent, or  permit  to  be  presented  and  filed  with  the  City  Clerk 
within  the  same  limit  of  time,  printed  copies  of  an  argument 
opposing  said  ordinance.  No  such  argument  shall  exceed  two 
thousand  words  in  length,  and  such  argument  shall  be  printed 
in  such  form  and  upon  such  character  of  paper,  suitable  for 
mailing,  as  the  City  Clerk  shall  prescribe.  The  City  Clerk  shall 
enclose  one  copy  of  each  such  argument  with  the  sample  ballot 
and  a  copy  of  the  proposed  ordinance  mailed  to  each  voter, 
provided  he  has  been  furnished  with  printed  copies  of  such 
argument  equal  in  number  to  five  per  centum  in  excess  of  the 
total  number  of  qualified  electors  of  the  city.  Nothing  in  this 
section  contained  shall  authorize  the  Council  to  expend  money 
of  the  city  for  the  formulating  or  printing  of  any  such  argu- 
ment. 

Sec.  198-e.  If  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors  voting 
on  any  ordinance  proposed  by  petition  shall  vote  in  favor 
thereof,  such  ordinance  shall  become  an  ordinance  of  the  city 
upon  the  declaration  by  the  Council  of  the  result  of  the  election 
at  which  such  proposed  ordinance  was  submitted;  and  any  such 

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ordinance  adopted  by  a  vote  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  city 
voting  thereon,  cannot  be  repealed  or  amended  except  by  an 
ordinance  proposed  by  petition  and  adopted  by  vote  of  the 
electors,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  or  by  an  ordinance  submitted 
by  the  Council  to  a  vote  of  the  electors  of  the  city  and  so 
adopted  as  hereinbefore  provided  or  by  any  amendment  to  this 
Charter  repealing  the  same. 

THE    REFERENDUM. 

Sec.  198-f.  The  Council  shall  have  power  and  is  hereby 
authorized  to  submit  to  a  vote  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the 
city,  at  any  general  or  special  election,  any  proposed  ordinance, 
order  or  resolution  that  the  Council  itself  might  adopt.  If  a 
majority  of  the  qualified  electors  voting  on  such  proposed  ordi- 
nance, order  or  resolution  vote  in  favor  of  the  same,  it  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  adopted  and  shall  take  effect  upon  the  declaration 
of  the  result  of  such  election  by  the  Council,  and  it  shall  have 
the  same  force  and  effect  as  an  ordinance  adopted  under  the 
provisions  of  this  article  relating  to  the  referendum. 

Sec.  198-g.  No  ordinance  passed  by  the  Council  shall  go 
into  effect  until  the  expiration  of  thirty  days  from  its  publica- 
tion, except  an  ordinance  ordering  or  otherwise  relating  to  an 
election,  and  an  ordinance  establishing  or  changing  the  name 
or  curb  lines  of,  or  respecting  the  establishment  or  change  of 
grade  of,  or  the  improvement,  in  any  manner  of,  or  the  opening, 
widening,  straightening  or  extension  of,  streets,  boulevards, 
alleys,  courts  or  other  public  places,  and  an  ordinance  respecting 
the  construction  of  sewers  or  storm  drains,  or  respecting  the 
bringing  or  conduct  of  suits  or  actions  or  the  levying  or  collec- 
tion of  local  assessments  upon  private  property,  for  any  of  said 
purposes,  or  respecting  the  condemnation  of  lands  for  parks, 
boulevards  or  playgrounds  under  laws  or  ordinances  providing 
for  the  payment  of  the  expense  thereof  by  local  assessments 
upon  private  property,  and  any  ordinance  authorized  or  required 
by  the  laws  of  this  state,  or  by  or  under  the  provisions  of  this 

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Charter,  respecting  the  improvement  of  streets  or  other  pubHc 
places,  and  an  ordinance  required  for  the  immediate  preserva- 
tion of  the  pubUc  peace,  health  or  safety,  which  shall  contain  a 
specific  statement  showing  its  urgency,  and  is  passed  by  a 
three-fourths  vote  of  the  Council;  but  all  ordinances  of  any  of 
the  classes  heretofore  excepted  by  this  section  shall  take  effect 
upon  their  publication.  No  grant  of  any  franchise,  right  or 
privilege  shall  ever  be  construed  to  be  an  urgency  measure,  but 
all  grants  of  franchises,  rights  or  privileges  shall  be  subject  to 
a  referendary  vote  as  hereinafter  provided.  No  ordinance, 
order  or  resolution  passed  by  the  Council  making  or  author- 
izing any  contract  shall  go  into  eft'ect  until  the  expiration  of 
thirty  days  from  the  publication  of  such  ordinance,  or  the  adop- 
tion of  such  order  or  resolution,  except  contracts  for  street  or 
other  public  improvements,  the  cost  and  expenses  whereof  are 
to  be  paid  by  local  assessments,  and  contracts  that  require  the 
payment  by  the  city  of  less  than  twenty-five  thousand  dollars, 
and  except  any  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  of  the  Council 
authorizing  the  sale  or  issuance  of  bonds  of  the  city. 

Sec.  198-h.  At  any  time  within  the  thirty  days  mentioned 
in  the  preceding  section,  a  petition  addressed  to  the  Council,  and 
signed  by  qualified  electors  of  said  city  equal  in  number  to  at 
least  ten  per  cent  of  such  qualified  electors  computed  upon  the 
basis  for  estimating  percentages  specified  in  Section  198-a  here- 
of, may  be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk,  demanding  the  submission 
of  any  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  passed  by  the  Council  to 
a  vote  of  the  qualified  electors  of  said  city,  except  any  ordi- 
nance, order  or  resolution  which  shall  take  effect  as  provided  in 
the  preceding  section.  Any  such  petition  shall  be  known  as  a 
referendary  petition,  and  shall  contain  the  ordinance,  order  or 
resolution  in  full,  the  submission  of  which  to  a  vote  is  thereby 
demanded.     Such  vote  shall  be  known  as  a  referendary  vote. 

The  provisions  of  this  Charter,  relating  to  the  form  and  to 
the  mode  of  signing  initiative  petitions,  and  to  the  filing,  exami- 
nation,   certification   and   amendment   of  the   same,   and   to   the 

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presentation  thereof  to  the  Council  by  the  City  Clerk,  shall  apply 
to  referendary  petitions  filed  under  this  Charter. 

If  any  referendary  petition  or  petitions  be  filed,  as  herein- 
before provided,  and  the  City  Clerk  shall  be  unable  to  make  his 
certificate  to  the  sufficiency  or  insufficiency  thereof  within  thirty 
days  after  the  publication  of  the  ordinance,  or  the  adoption  of 
the  order  or  resolution,  the  submission  of  which  to  a  referendary 
vote  is  thereby  demanded,  such  ordinance,  order  or  resolution 
shall  be  suspended  from  taking  effect  after  the  expiration  of 
said  thirty  days  and  until  the  date  of  the  certificate  of  the  City 
Clerk  to  the  sufficiency  or  insufficiency  of  such  petition  or  peti- 
tions. If  by  the  certificate  of  the  City  Clerk  such  petition  or 
petitions  are  certified  to  be  sufficient,  such  ordinance,  order  or 
resolution  shall  not  go  into  effect  until  it  shall  be  adopted  by 
vote  of  the  electors  of  the  city,  as  hereinafter  provided;  but  if 
by  such  certificate,  such  petition  or  petitions  are  certified  to  be 
insufficient,  such  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  shall  go  into 
effect  upon  the  date  of  such  certificate;  provided,  however,  that 
no  such  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  shall  take  effect  until 
the  expiration  of  said  thirty  days.  No  referendary  petition  shall 
be  amended  by  a  supplemental  petition  filed  after  the  expiration 
of  said  thirty  days.  In  case  more  than  one  referendary  petition 
be  filed,  all  such  petitions  shall  be  considered  in  determining  the 
number  of  qualified  electors,  and  with  the  same  force  and  effect 
as  though  all  the  names  had  been  appended  to  one  petition. 

Sec.  198-i.  Upon  the  presentation  to  the  Council  by  the 
City  Clerk  of  a  referendary  petition  or  petitions,  the  ordinance, 
order  or  resolution,  the  submission  of  which  to  a  referendary 
vote  is  thereby  demanded,  must  be  either  repealed  by  the  Council 
without  delay,  or  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  qualified  electors  of 
the  city  for  approval  or  rejection  at  the  next  general  municipal 
election  occurring  subsequent  to  forty  days  from  the  date  of  the 
presentation  of  such  referendary  petition  to  the  Council  by  the 
City  Clerk;  provided,  that  if  before  such  general  election,  and 
subsequent  to  said  forty  days,  a  special  election  shall  be  held  for 

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any  other  purpose,  then  such  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  shall 
be  so  submitted  at  such  special  election,  or,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Council,  at  any  special  election  called  for  that  purpose; 
provided, -^however,  that  if  any  referendary  petition  or  petitions 
shall  be  signed  by  fifteen  per  centum  of  the  qualified  electors  of 
said  city  computed  upon  the  basis  for  estimating  the  percentage 
of  such  electors  set  forth  in  Section  198-a  of  this  Charter,  the 
Council  must,  upon  the  presentation  thereof  to  it,  immediately 
call  a  special  election,  at  which  the  ordinance,  order  or  resolu- 
tion contained  in  such  petition  shall  be  submitted  to  a  refer- 
endary vote;  and  such  election  shall  be  held  within  forty  days 
from  the  presentation  to  the  Council  of  such  petition. 

If  any  referendary  petition  or  petitions  presented  to  the 
Council  as  aforesaid  be  certified  by  the  Clerk  to  be  signed  by  at 
least  ten  percentum  but  less  than  fifteen  percentum  of  the 
qualified  electors  of  the  said  city,  computed  upon  the  basis 
aforesaid,  then  and  in  that  event  additional  referendary  petitions 
for  the  submission  of  such  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  to  a 
referendary  vote  may  be  filed;  all  such  additional  referendary 
petitions  shall  be  in  the  same  form,  and  be  signed,  examined, 
amended,  and  certified  and  presented  to  the  Council  in  like 
manner  as  provided  in  Section  198-b  of  this  Charter ;  and  if  it 
shall  appear  from  the  certificate  of  the  City  Clerk  thereto  that 
such  additional  referendary  petition  or  petitions  are  signed  by 
such  number  of  qualified  electors  of  the  city  as,  when  added  to 
the  number  of  qualified  electors  whose  signatures  are  appended 
to  such  referendary  petition  or  petitions  examined  and  certified 
by  the  City  Clerk,  shall  equal  fifteen  per  centum  of  the  qualified 
electors  of  said  city,  computed  upon  the  basis  aforesaid,  the 
Council  must,  upon  the  presentation  of  such  additional  refer- 
endary petition  or  petitions  to  it  by  the  City  Clerk,  immediately 
call  a  special  election  at  which  such  ordinance,  order  or  resolu- 
tion shall  be  submitted  to  a  referendary  vote,  and  such  election 
shall  be  held  within  forty  days  from  the  presentation  of  such 
additional  referendary  petition  or  petitions  to  the  Council. 

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If,  upon  the  presentation  by  the  City  Clerk  to  the  Council 
of  a  referendary  petition  signed  by  at  least  ten  per  centum,  but 
less  than  fifteen  per  centum,  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  city, 
computed  as  aforesaid,  the  Council  shall  have  ordered  the  ordi- 
nance set  forth  in  such  petition  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the 
electors  of  the  city  at  the  next  general  municipal  election,  such 
action  shall  be  annulled  by  the  presentation  to  it  of  additional 
petitions,  which,  together  with  such  referendary  petition,  shall 
be  signed  by  at  least  fifteen  per  centum  of  the  qualified  electors 
of  the  city,  and  in  such  event  the  Council  shall  submit  such 
ordinance  to  such  vote  at  a  special  election,  as  hereinbefore 
provided. 

Sec.  198-j.  No  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  that  has  been 
submitted  to  a  referendary  vote  shall  go  into  effect  imless  a 
majority  of  the  qualified  electors  voting  thereon  shall  vote  in 
favor  thereof;  and  if  such  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  so 
submitted  shall  receive  the  votes  of  a  majority  of  such  qualified 
electors  voting  thereon,  it  shall  be  deemed  to  be  adopted,  and 
shall  take  effect  upon  the  declaration  by  the  Council  of  the 
result  of  the  election  at  which  it  shall  have  been  so  submitted; 
provided,  hozvever,  that  any  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  so 
adopted  shall  be  subject  to  amendment  or  repeal  by  the  Council 
at  any  time,  but  such  amendment  or  repeal  shall  not  be  made 
within  six  months  after  such  adoption,  except  by  unanimous 
vote  of  the  Council,  and  such  amendment  or  repeal  shall  be 
subject  to  a  referendary  vote  as  provided  in  this  article. 

Sec.  198-k.  Whenever  any  ordinance  proposed  by  initiative 
petition,  or  any  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  for  the  submission 
of  which  to  a  referendary  vote  a  petition  or  petitions  shall  have 
been  filed,  is  submitted  at  any  election,  there  shall  be  printed  on 
the  ballots  to  be  used  at  such  election  the  words,  "Shall  the  ordi- 
nance (or  order,  or  resolution,  or  proposed  ordinance,  as  the 
case  may  be,  stating  the  nature  of  the  ordinance,  order  or  reso- 
lution, or  of  the  proposed  ordinance)  be  adopted?"  And  op- 
posite such  proposition  to  be  voted  on,  and  to  the  right  thereof, 

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the  words  "Yes"  and  ''No"  shall  be  printed,  on  separate  lines, 
with  votii]^  squares.  If  an  elector  shall  stamp  a  cross  (X)  in 
the  voting  square  after  the  printed  word  "Yes,"  his  vote  shall 
be  counted  in  favor  of  the  adoption  of  the  ordinance,  order  or 
resolution,  or  the  proposed  ordinance;  and  if  he  shall  stamp  a 
cross  (X)  in  the  voting  square  after  the  printed  word  "No," 
his  vote  shall  be  counted  against  the  adoption  of  the  same. 

Sec.  198-1.  Any  number  of  ordinances  proposed  by  initia- 
tive petitions,  or  ordinances,  orders  or  resolutions  submitted  by 
the  Council  to  a  referendary  vote,  or  so  submitted  in  pursuance 
of  referendary  petitions,  may  be  voted  upon  at  the  same  election, 
either  general  or  special;  provided,  that  there  shall  not  be  held 
in  any  period  of  six  months  more  than  one  election  called  for 
the  purpose  of  submitting  an  ordinance  or  ordinances  proposed 
by  initiative  petitions,  but  if  any  election  be  called  for  any 
other  purpose  within  such  period,  such  ordinance  or  ordinances 
may  also  be  submitted  thereat.  If  the  provisions  of  two  or  more 
ordinances,  orders  or  resolutions  adopted  at  the  same  election 
by  vote  of  the  qualified  electors  of  said  city,  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  article,  conflict,  then  the  ordinance,  order  or  reso- 
lution receiving  the  highest  affirmative  vote  shall  prevail. 

Sec.  198-m.  The  Council,  at  its  own  instance,  or  upon  the 
presentation  to  it  of  an  initiative  petition,  may  submit  any  pro- 
posed ordinance  for  the  repeal  of  any  ordinance  adopted  or 
approved  by  vote  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  city,  in  pur- 
suance of  an  initiative  or  referendary  petition,  as  in  this  article 
provided,  or  for  the  amendment  of  such  ordinance,  to  be  voted 
upon  at  any  succeeding  general  municipal  election ;  and  in  the 
event  that  such  proposed  ordinance,  so  submitted  by  the  Coun- 
cil, receive  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  thereon  at  such  election, 
the  ordinance  to  which  such  ordinance  so  adopted  is  amend- 
atory, or  that  is  to  be  repealed  thereby,  shall  be  amended  or 
repealed  accordingly. 

Sec.  198-n.  Whenever  any  ordinance,  order,  resolution  or 
proposition   is   required  by  this   article  to   be   submitted  to  the 

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electors  of  the  city  at  any  election,  the  City  Clerk  shall  cause  the 
same  to  be  printed,  and  he  shall  enclose  a  printed  copy  thereof 
in  an  envelope  with  a  sample  ballot,  and  mail  the  same  to  each 
voter. 

Sec.  198-0.  If  any  ordinance,  order  or  resolution  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  vote  of  the  electors  in  pursuance  of  a  referendary 
petition,  the  person  filing  such  petition,  or  the  person  or  organ- 
ization on  whose  behalf  said  petition  was  filed,  shall  have  the 
right  to  present  to  the  City  Clerk,  at  least  twenty  days  prior  to 
such  election,  printed  copies  of  an  argument  opposing  such  ordi- 
nance, order  or  resolution,  and  the  Council  shall  have  the  right 
to  present  or  permit  to  be  presented  to  the  City  Clerk,  within 
the  same  limit  of  time,  printed  copies  of  an  argument  favoring 
such  ordinance,  order  or  resolution.  No  such  argument  shall 
exceed  two  thousand  words  in  length;  and  such  argument  shall 
be  printed  in  such  form  and  upon  such  character  of  paper  suit- 
able for  mailing  as  the  City  Clerk  shall  prescribe.  The  City 
Clerk  shall  enclose  one  copy  of  each  of  such  arguments  with 
the  sample  ballot,  and  a  copy  of  the  ordinance,  order  or  resolu- 
tion, mailed  to  each  voter,  provided  he  has  been  furnished  with 
printed  copies  of  such  arguments  equal  to  five  per  centum  in 
excess  of  the  total  number  of  qualified  electors  of  the  city. 
Nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  authorize  the  Council  to 
expend  any  money  of  the  city  for  the  formulating  or  printing 
of  any  such  argument. 

THE    RECALL. 

Sec.  198-p.  Any  incumbent  of  an  elective  office,  whether 
elected  by  vote  of  the  people  or  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy,  may 
be  removed  from  office  by  the  qualified  electors  of  the  city  of 
Los  Angeles,  as  hereinafter  provided.  Such  removal  of  the 
incumbent  of  an  office  shall  be  known  as  the  recall,  and  the  pro- 
cedure to  effect  the  removal  of  an  incumbent  of  an  elective  office 
.shall  be  as  hereinafter  provided. 

(1)     A  petition  signed  by  qualified  electors  equal  in  num- 

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ber  to  at  le.ast  twenty  per  centum  of  the  entire  vote  cast  for  all 
candidates  for  the  office,  the  incumbent  of  which  is  sought  to  be 
removed,  at  the  last  preceding  general  municipal  election  at 
which  an  incumbent  of  such  office  was  elected,  demanding  the 
submission  to  the  electors  of  the  city  of  the  question  whether 
the  incumbent  of  such  office  shall  be  removed  by  vote  of  such 
electors,  and  if  so  removed,  the  election  of  a  successor  of  such 
incumbent,  shall  be  addressed  to  the  Council  and  filed  with  the 
City  Clerk.  Such  petition  shall  contain  a  general  statement  of 
the  grounds  for  which  such  removal  is  sought,  of  not  more  than 
three  hundred  words  in  length,  and  the  sufficiency  of  such  state- 
ment shall  not  be  subject  to  review;  provided,  however,  that  no 
petition  for  the  removal  of  any  elective  officer  shall  be  so  filed 
until  he  has  actually  held  his  office  for  three  months. 

(2)  The  provisions  of  this  article  relating  to  the  form 
and  to  the  mode  of  signing  of  initiative  petitions,  and  to  the 
filing,  examination,  certification  and  amendment  thereof,  and  to 
the  presentation  of  the  same  to  the  Council,  shall  apply  to  any 
petition  filed  with  the  City  Clerk  under  this  section,  which  peti- 
tion shall  be  designated  as  a  recall  petition.  The  sufficiency  or 
insufficiency  of  any  recall  petition  shall  not  be  subject  to  review 
by  the  Council. 

(3)  Upon  the  presentation  of  such  recall  petition  to  the 
Council  by  the  Clerk,  the  Council  shall  thereupon,  by  ordinance, 
order  the  holding  of  a  special  election  for  the  purpose  of  sub- 
mitting to  the  electors  of  the  city  the  question  whether  such 
officer  shall  be  recalled,  and  if  recalled,  for  the  election  of  his 
successor.  Such  special  election  shall  be  held  not  less  than  fifty 
days  nor  more  than  sixty  days  after  the  date  of  the  certificate 
of  the  City  Clerk  to  the  sufficiency  of  such  recall  petition;  pro- 
vided, hozvever,  that  if  a  general  municipal  election,  or  any 
special  municipal  election,  is  to  occur  within  sixty  days  after  the 
date  of  such  certificate,  the  Council  may,  in  its  discretion,  order 
the  holding  of  such  recall  election,  and  the  consolidation  thereof 
with  such  general  or  special  election. 

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Sec.  198-q.  The  ballots  used  at  every  recall  election  shall 
have  printed  thereon,  as  to  every  officer  whose  recall  is  to  be 
voted  on  thereat,  the  following  question: 

"Shall  (inserting  name  of  officer  sought  to  be  removed)  be 
removed  from  the  office  of  (inserting  name  of  his  office)  by 
the  recall?" 

And  opposite  such  question  to  be  voted  on,  and  to  the  right 
thereof,  the  words  ''Yes"  and  ''No"  shall  be  printed  on  separate 
lines,  with  voting  squares.  If  an  elector  shall  stamp  a  cross 
(X)  in  the  voting  square  after  the  printed  word  "Yes,"  his 
vote  shall  be  counted  in  favor  of  the  recall  of  such  officer,  and 
if  he  shall  stamp  a  cross  (X)  in  the  voting  square  after  the 
word  "No,"  his  vote  shall  be  counted  against  such  recall. 

On  such  ballots,  under  each  such  question,  there  shall  also 
be  printed  the  names  of  all  persons  who  have  been  nominated 
as  candidates  to  succeed  the  person  whose  removal  is  sought, 
in  case  he  shall  be  removed  from  office  by  vote  of  the  electors. 
The  nomination  of  such  candidates  shall  be  made  as  hereinafter 
provided,  except  that  the  person  whose  removal  is  sought  shall 
be  deemed  a  candidate,  and  unless,  within  five  days  after  the 
date  of  the  Clerk's  certificate  to  the  petition,  he  resigns  his 
office,  or  declines  in  writing  duly  signed  and  verified  by  him, 
and  filed  with  the  City  Clerk,  to  be  a  candidate,  his  name  shall 
be  printed  on  the  ballot  the  same  as  if  he  had  been  regularly 
nominated  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  article. 

Sec.  198-r.  Any  incumbent  of  an  office  whose  removal  is 
sought  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  may  file  with  the  City 
Clerk,  at  least  twenty  days  prior  to  such  recall  election,  printed 
copies  of  a  statement  of  not  more  than  two  thousand  words  in 
length,  justifying  his  course  in  office;  and  the  person  filing  such 
recall  petition,  or  the  person  or  organization  on  whose  behalf  a 
recall  petition  was  filed,  shall  have  the  right  to  present  to  the 
City  Clerk,  within  the  same  limit  of  time,  printed  copies  of  a 
statement  in  support  of  such  recall  of  not  exceeding  two  thou- 
sand words  in  length.     Any  statement  filed  under  this  section 

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shall  be  printed  in  such  form  and  upon  such  character  of  paper 
suitable  for  mailing  as  the  City  Clerk  shall  prescribe.  The  City 
Clerk  shall  enclose  one  copy  of  any  such  statement  so  filed  with 
him  with  the  sample  ballot  mailed  to  each  voter,  provided  he 
has  been  furnished  with  printed  copies  of  such  statement  equal 
to  five  per  centum  in  excess  of  the  total  number  of  qualified 
electors  of  the  city. 

Sec.  198-s.  Any  elective  ofiicer  for  whose  recall  and  re- 
moval from  ofiice  an  election  is  held,  shall  continue  to  perform 
the  duties  of  his  office  until  such  time  as  the  Council  having 
canvassed  the  vote  at  such  recall  election,  shall  declare  that  a 
majority  of  the  electors  voting  on  the  question  as  to  whether 
such  person  shall  be  recalled  and  removed  from  office,  have 
voted  in  favor  of  his  recall  and  removal  from  office.  But  if 
such  person  shall  resign  at  any  time  after  the  date  of  the  cer- 
tificate of  the  Clerk  certifying  that  the  petition  for  his  recall  is 
sufficient  and  prior  to  the  declaration  of  the  result  of  such  elec- 
tion, thereby  creating  a  vacancy  in  such  office,  or  a  vacancy 
occurs  therein  during  such  time  from  any  cause,  such  vacancy 
may  be  filled  by  the  Council  in  the  same  manner  as  other 
vacancies  occurring  in  such  office,  but  in  that  event  the  person 
appointed  to  fill  such  vacancy  shall  hold  his  office  only  until  the 
person  declared  by  the  Council  to  have  been  elected  at  the  recall 
election  shall  qualify.  Proceedings  for  the  recall  of  any  elective 
officer  shall  be  deemed  to  be  pending  from  the  date  of  the 
certificate  of  the  City  Clerk  certifying  that  the  recall  petition 
is  sufficient,  and  if  he  shall  resign  at  any  time  subsequent  thereto 
the  recall  election  shall  be  held  notwithstanding  such  resignation. 

In  the  event  that  a  majority  of  the  electors  voting  on  the 
question  as  to  whether  a  person  shall  be  recalled  and  removed 
from  office  shall  vote  in  favor  of  the  removal  of  such  person 
from  office  by  the  recall,  the  person  for  whose  removal  from 
office  such  majority  has  voted  shall  be  deemed  to  be  and  shall 
be  recalled  and  removed  from  office  upon  the  declaration  of  the 
result  of   such   election  by  the   Council,   and   the   candidate   re- 

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ceiving  at  said  election  the  highest  number  of  votes  for  that 
office  shall  be  thereby  elected.  If  the  incumbent  receive  the 
highest  number  of  votes,  he  shall  continue  in  office,  but  if  some 
person  other  than  the  incumbent  receive  the  highest  number 
of  votes  at  such  election  he  shall  become  the  successor  of  the 
incumbent  so  removed  and  shall  hold  office  only  during  the 
unexpired  term  of  such  officer. 

Sec.  198-t.  No  person  who  has  been  removed  from  an 
elective  office  by  the  recall,  or  who  has  resigned  from  such 
office  while  recall  proceedings  for  his  removal  were  pending 
against  him,  shall  be  appointed  to  any  office  under  this  Charter 
within  two  years  after  such  removal  or  resignation. 

Sec.  198-u.  Any  candidate  to  be  voted  for  at  a  recall  elec- 
tion, other  than  the  incumbent  sought  to  be  removed,  may  be 
nominated  by  petition,  which  shall  be  substantially  in  the  form 
prescribed  in  sections  206-c  and  206-d  of  this  Charter.  Any 
such  petition  or  petitions  shall  be  signed  by  qualified  electors  of 
said  city  equal  in  number  to  at  least  one  per  cent  of  the  total 
number  of  votes  cast  for  the  office  of  Mayor  at  the  last  general 
municipal  election  in  said  city  at  which  a  Mayor  was  elected. 
Each  petition  must  be  presented  to  the  City  Clerk  not  less  than 
twenty-five  days  before  such  recall  election.  Immediately  upon 
the  presentation  of  any  such  petition  the  City  Clerk  shall  ascer- 
tain and  determine,  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  provided  as  to 
initiative  petitions,  whether  or  not  such  petition  is  signed  by 
the  requisite  number  of  qualified  electors  of  the  city.  If  re- 
quested by  the  City  Clerk,  the  Council  shall  allow  him  addi- 
tional assistants  for  that  purpose,  as  in  other  cases,  and  he 
shall,  within  five  days  after  the  presentation  thereof,  attach  his 
certificate  to  such  petition,  showing  the  result  of  his  examina- 
tion. If  it  shall  appear  therefrom  that  any  such  petition  is  not 
signed  by  the  requisite  number  of  qualified  electors,  the  same 
may  be  amended  within  three  days  from  the  date  of  such  cer- 
tificate, by  presenting  a  supplemental  petition.  The  Clerk  shall, 
within  three  days  after  such  supplemental  petition  is  filed,  make 

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like  examination  thereof,  and  shall  certify  the  result  of  his  ex- 
amination thereof;  but  no  further  supplemental  petition  shall 
be  allowed.  If  any  such  petition,  as  amended  by  a  supple- 
mental petition,  be  signed  by  the  requisite  number  of  qualified 
electors,  both  the  petition  and  supplemental  petition  being  con- 
sidered together  for  that  purpose,  the  person  therein  named 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  nominated  as  a  candidate  to  be  voted 
for  at  such  recall  election. 

Sec.  198-v.  The  provisions  of  sections  206-h,  206-i  and 
206-j  of  this  Charter  shall  be  applicable  to  recall  elections  held 
under  this  article. 

Sec.  198-w.  The  incumbent  of  any  appointive  office  pro- 
vided for  in  this  Charter,  or  created  by  ordinance  under  the 
authority  thereof,  may  be  removed  at  any  time  after  the  ex- 
piration of  three  months  from  his  appointment,  by  the  qualified 
electors  of  the  city.  The  procedure  to  effect  the  removal  of  the 
incumbent  of  an  appointive  office  shall  be  the  same  as  that 
hereinbefore  provided  for  the  removal  of  the  incumbent  of  an 
elective  office  by  the  recall,  with  the  following  exceptions : 

(a)  The  petition  for  the  removal  of  the  incumbent  of  an 
appointive  office  shall  be  signed  by  qualified  electors  equal  in 
number  to  at  least  twenty  per  centum  of  the  entire  vote  cast 
for  the  office  of  Mayor  at  the  last  preceding  general  municipal 
election  at  which  a  Mayor  was  elected,  and  shall  contain  a 
demand  for  the  submission  to  the  electors  of  the  city  of  the 
question  whether  the  incumbent  of  such  appointive  office  shall 
be  removed  by  vote  of  such  electors. —  [Amendment,  1913.] 

(b)  The  ballots  used  at  the  election  at  which  such  ques- 
tion shall  be  submitted  shall  have  printed  thereon,  as  to  every 
appointive  officer  whose  removal  is  to  be  voted  on  thereat,  the 
following  question : 

"Shall  (inserting  name  of  officer  sought  to  be  removed)  be 
removed  from  the  office  of  (inserting  name  of  his  office)?" 

And  opposite  such  question  to  be  voted  on,  and  to  the  right 
thereof,  the  words  "Yes"  and  "No"  shall  be  printed  on  separate 

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lines,  with  voting  squares.  If  an  elector  shall  stamp  a  cross 
(X)  in  the  voting  square  after  the  printed  word  ''Yes,"  his 
vote  shall  be  counted  in  favor  of  the  removal  of  such  officer, 
and  if  he  shall  stamp  a  cross  (X)  in  the  voting  square  after 
the  word  "No,"  his  vote  shall  be  counted  against  such  removal. 

(c)  If  a  majority  of  the  electors  voting  on  such  question 
shall  vote  in  favor  of  the  removal  of  such  appointive  officer,  he 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  and  shall  be  removed  from  office  upon 
the  declaration  of  the  result  of  such  election  by  the  Council,  and 
such  office  shall  thereupon  be  and  become  vacant.  Such  vacancy 
shall  be  filled  by  the  appointing  power  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  vacancies,  but  any  appointive  officer  so  removed  shall  not 
be  eligible  to  any  appointive  or  elective  office  under  this  Charter 
until  the  expiration  of  two  years  after  such  removal. 

Sec.  .198-x.  In  the  event  that  any  appointive  officer  whose 
removal  is  sought,  as  herein  provided,  shall  resign  at  any  time 
after  the  filing  of  a  petition  for  his  removal  with  the  City  Clerk, 
or  any  vacancy  from  any  cause  occur  in  such  office,  at  any  time 
prior  to  two  days  before  such  election,  such  election  shall  not 
be  held ;  but  the  incumbent,  if  he  shall  have  so  resigned  after 
the  presentation  to  the  Council  by  the  Clerk  of  such  petition, 
or  have  been  removed  by  any  other  process  of  law,  he  shall  not 
be  eligible  to  any  appointive  or  elective  office  under  this  Char- 
ter until  the  expiration  of  two  years  from  the  date  of  such 
resignation  or  removal  last  mentioned. 

Sec.  198-y.  The  procedure  herein  provided  for  the  re- 
moval of  any  appointive  officer  shall  be  in  addition  to  any  other 
process  for  removal  provided  by  law. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS   RELATING   TO   ELECTIONS. 

Sec.  199.  If  any  special  election  be  ordered,  held  and  con- 
ducted, it  shall  be  ordered,  held  and  conducted  (except  as  to  the 
date  thereof),  and  the  result  thereof  made  known  and  de- 
clared, in  the  same  manner  as  herein  provided  for  other 
elections. 

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Sec.  199-a.  The  Council  may,  in  calling  elections  of  any 
kind,  other  than  primary  nominating  elections,  order  the  con- 
solidation thereof,  and  may  order  the  consolidation  of  primary 
nominating  elections  with  special  elections ;  provided,  however, 
that  when  an  election  has  been  ordered  by  the  Council  in  the 
manner  provided  in  section  200  of  this  Charter,  and  thereafter 
the  Council  orders  any  other  election  or  elections,  and  that  the 
same  be  consolidated  with  said  election  theretofore  ordered,  the 
ordinance  ordering  such  other  election  or  elections  and  the  con- 
solidation thereof  with  the  said  election  theretofore  ordered,  may 
provide  that  the  election  precincts,  polling  places  and  election 
officers  established  and  designated  for  such  election  shall  be  the 
election  precincts,  polling  places  and  election  officers  for  such 
other  election  or  elections  so  called  and  ordered  consolidated 
therewith,  and  it  shall  not  be  necessary  that  the  ordinance 
ordering  such  other  election  or  elections  and  such  consolidation 
shall  set  forth  such  election  precincts,  polling  places  or  election 
officers.  When  any  election  shall  have  been  consolidated  as 
.herein  provided  they  shall  be  held,  conducted,  the  returns  there- 
fof  canvassed  and  the  result  thereof  declared  in  all  particulars 
the  same  as  one  election  held  under  this  Charter. 

Sec.  200.  The  Council  of  said  city  shall,  by  ordinance, 
order  the  holding  of  all  elections.  Every  such  ordinance  shall 
specify  the  object  and  time  of  holding  any  such  election,  and 
shall  establish  the  election  precincts  and  designate  polling  places 
therefor,  and  the  names  of  the  election  officers  for  each  such 
precinct,  who  must  be  residents  thereof,  to  conduct  the  holding 
of  and  make  returns  of  such  election.  Unless  otherwise  desig- 
nated in  such  ordinance,  such  voting  precincts  shall  be  the 
same  as  those  that  existed  for  the  holding  of  the  last  preceding 
general  state  election  in  said  city.  The  Council  may,  in  order- 
ing the  holding  of  any  election,  consolidate  the  voting  precincts 
w^hich  existed  for  the  holding  of  the  last  preceding  general 
state  election  into  consolidated  election  precincts  to  a  number 
not  exceeding  three  for  each  such  consolidated  election  precinct, 

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and  shall  number  such  precincts  consecutively,  and  each  pre- 
cinct so  established  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  such  election, 
be  known  by  the  number  so  designated.  In  ordering  the  hold- 
ing of  any  election,  the  Council  may  reduce  the  number  of 
election  officers  for  each  election  precinct,  or  consolidated  elec- 
tion precinct,  to  one  judge,  one  inspector,  one  clerk  and  two 
ballot  clerks;  and  in  such  case,  the  election  board  shall  consist 
of  the  judge,  inspector  and  clerk.  All  ordinances  ordering  the 
holding  or  consolidation  of  elections  shall  be  published  in  some 
daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  said  city,  for  at  least 
five  days  prior  to  the  time  appointed  for  the  holding  of  such 
election. 

Sec.  200-a.  The  City  Clerk  shall  provide  for  every  election, 
ballots  for  each  election  precinct  or  consolidated  election  precinct 
established  therefor,  equal  to  ten  per  cent  in  excess  of  the  total 
number  of  electors  registered  in  each  such  election  precinct  or 
consolidated  election  precinct.  And  upon  the  day  of  any  elec- 
tion, immediately  upon  the  arrival  of  the  hour  when  the  polls 
are  required  by  law  to  be  closed,  the  City  Clerk  shall  openly,  in 
his  main  office,  and  in  the  presence  of  as  many  persons  as  may 
then  and  there  assemble  to  witness  his  act,  proceed  to  destroy 
every  unused  ballot  which  shall  have  remained  in  his  possession, 
custody  or  control,  and  forthwith  make  and  file  in  his  office  his 
affidavit,  in  writing,  as  to  the  number  of  ballots  so  destroyed. 

Sec.  201.  The  returns  of  every  election  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall  deliver  the  same  to  the  Council 
when  it  is  in  session  for  the  purpose  of  canvassing  the  returns 
thereof.  The  Council  shall,  within  ten  days  after  any  election, 
either  at  a  regular  or  special  meeting,  canvass  the  returns  and 
declare  the  result  thereof,  and  order  certificates  of  nomination, 
in  the  case  of  primary  nominating  elections,  issued  to  the  persons 
nominated  thereat,  and  certificates  of  election  to  the  persons 
elected  at  general  municipal  elections  or  at  primary  nominating 
elections.  The  Council  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  qualifications 
of  all  of  the  elective  officers. 


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Sec.    202.     All   elections   shall,   except   as   in  this    Charter 
)ther\vise  provided,  be  conducted  and  held  in  accordance  with 
le  provisions  of  the  laws  of  the  state  for  the  holding  of  general 
elections  in  effect  at  the  time. 

Sec.  203.     No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  any  elective  office 

under  this  Charter  who  at  the  time  of  his  election  is  not  a  quali- 

ied  elector  of  this  city,  and  to  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  member 

)f  the  Council,  the  person  elected  must  also  have  been  a  resident 

of  the  city  for  at  least  two  years  next  preceding  his  election. 

Sec.  204.     All  persons  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  any  elec- 
tion  held   in   pursuance   of  this   Charter   who   come   within   or 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  section.    Every  person  who 
was  a  qualified  elector  at  the  general  state  election  immediately 
preceding  the  holding  of  any  election  under  this  Charter,  and 
who  was  registered,  as  required  by  the  general  law  of  this  state 
respecting  the  registration  of  voters,  in  any  of  the  election  pre- 
^cincts  for  any  election  held  under  this  Charter,  or  in  any  of  such 
precincts  which  together  compose  any  consolidated  precinct  for 
any  such  election,  and  who  continues  to  reside  within  the  ex- 
terior boundaries  of  such  election  or  consolidated  election  pre- 
cinct until  the  time  of  the  holding  of  any  election  under  this 
Charter,  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  such  election,  without  other 
or  additional   registration.     Any  other  person,   in  order  to  be 
^entitled  to  vote  at  any  of  the  elections  held  under  this  Charter, 
lust  be  registered  in  the  manner  required  by  the  general  laws 
>f  this  state  respecting  the  registration  of  voters,  as  an  elector 
)f  and  within  the  precinct  or  one  of  the  precincts  which  compose 
le  consolidated  election  precinct  wherein  he  claims  to  be  entitled 
to  vote;  provided,  however,  that  as  to  all  elections  held  under 
lis  Charter,  such  registration  shall  be  in  progress  at  all  times 
ixcept  during  the  twenty-five  days  immediately  preceding  any 
mch  election;  and  provided  further,  that  transfers  of  registra- 
|tion  may  be  made  from  one  election  precinct  to  another,  in  the 
'ity  of  Los  Angeles,  at  any  time  except  within  twenty-five  days 
imediately  preceding  any  election  held  under  this  Charter,  but 


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no  such  transfer  shall  be  required  in  the  case  of  the  removal  of 
an  elector  from  one  to  any  other  precinct  included  in  a  consoli- 
dated election  precinct. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Clerk  of  the  County  of 
Los  Angeles  to  keep  his  office  open  for  registration  and  trans- 
fers of  registration  for  at  least  sixty  days  prior  to  the  closing 
of  registration  for  any  municipal  election,  and  to  register  and 
transfer  the  registration  of  all  qualified  electors  of  said  city  who 
may  apply  for  such  registration  or  transfer  of  registration  dur- 
ing that  time. 

Sec.  205.  The  registers  used  at  any  election  held  in  pur- 
suance of  this  Charter  shall  be  the  registers  used  at  the  last 
preceding  general  state  election  in  the  precincts  in  which  such 
municipal  election  is  held,  together  with  supplemental  registers 
showing  all  additional  registrations,  transfers  and  changes,  since 
the  closing  of  registration  for  such  general  state  election.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Clerk  of  the  County  of  Los 
Angeles  to  furnish  such  registers,  with  proper  indices  thereto, 
to  the  City  Clerk  of  said  city  at  least  five  days  before  the  holding 
of  such  municipal  election. 

Sec.  205-a.  Any  candidate  to  serve  for  the  remainder  of 
an  unexpired  term  of  any  office,  unless  candidates  therefor  shall 
have  been  nominated  at  a  primary  nominating  election,  may  be 
nominated  by  petition,  which  shall  be  substantially  in  the  form 
prescribed  in  sections  206-c  and  206-d  of  this  Charter.  Each 
such  petition  must  be  presented  to  the  City  Clerk  not  less  than 
twenty-five  days  before  the  general  municipal  election  at  which 
the  person  to  serve  for  such  unexpired  term  shall  be  elected,  and 
shall  be  examined,  certified,  amended  and  filed  and  treated  in  all 
respects  the  same  as  petitions  for  the  nomination  of  candidates 
to  be  voted  for  at  a  recall  election. 

Sec.  206.  The  present  officers  of  the  city  shall  hold,  con- 
tinue to  hold  and  exercise  their  respective  offices  until  the  elec- 
tion or  appointment  and  qualification  of  their  successors  to  be 
elected  or  appointed  under  this  Charter  as  hereby  amended,  with 

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the  powers  and  duties  vested  in  and  imposed  upon  them  by  the 
Charter  and  the  ordinances  of  the  city  under  which  they  were 
elected. 

PRIMARY    NOMINATING   ELECTIONS. 

Sec.  206-a.  Candidates  to  be  voted  for  at  any  general  mu- 
licipal  election  shall  be  nominated  at  a  primary  nominating  elec- 
ion.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  nomination  for  an  elective 
)ffice  who  is  not  a  qualified  elector  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles 
^at  the  time  of  such  nomination;  and  no  names  shall  be  printed 
upon  the  ballot  for  such  general  election  other  than  those  se- 
lected in  the  manner  in  this  article  prescribed. 

Sec.  206-b.  A  primary  nominating  election  shall  be  held 
on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May,  1913,  and  on  the  first  Tuesday  in 
May  of  every  second  year  thereafter,  at  which  shall  be  nomi- 
nated the  candidates  for  the  elective  offices  to  be  voted  for  at 
the  general  municipal  election  to  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday 
in  June  next  ensuing.  The  officers  of  election  who  shall  be  ap- 
pointed for  the  primary  nominating  election  shall  be  the  officers 
of  such  general  election,  and  such  general  election  shall  be  held 
at  the  same  places,  as  far  as  possible,  and  the  polls  shall  be 
opened  and  closed  at  the  same  hours,  as  may  be  provided  for 
the  primary  nominating  election.  All  ballots,  blanks  and  other 
supplies  to  be  used  at  any  primary  nominating  election,  and  all 
expenses  necessarily  incurred  in  the  preparation  for  or  the 
conducting  of  such  primary  nominating  election  shall  be  paid 
out  of  the  treasury  of  the  city  in  the  same  manner,  with  like 
effect,  and  by  the  same  officers,  as  in  the  case  of  other  elections. 
—  [Amendment,  1913.] 

Sec.  206-c.  The  name  of  no  candidate  for  nomination  shall 
be  printed  upon  the  primary  nomination  ballot  unless  a  petition 
for  nomination  shall  have  been  filed  in  his  behalf,  as  provided 
herein,  in  substantially  the  following  form: 

We,  the  undersigned,  qualified  electors  of  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles,  County  of  Los  Angeles,  State  of  California,  do  hereby 

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petition  that  the  following  named  person  or  persons  shall  be  a 
candidate  or  candidates  for  the  office  or  offices  hereinafter  speci- 
fied, to  be  voted  for  at  the  primary  nominating  election  to  be 
held  for  the  nomination  of  candidates  for  offices  of  said  city  at 
the  next  general  municipal  election,  for  (name  the  office  or 
offices  to  be  filled). 

Name  of  Candidate.  Office.  Address. 


Name  of  Petitioner.  Address. 


State  of  California,  County  of  Los  Angeles — ss. 

I, ,  do  hereby  certify  that 

I  am  a  qualified  elector  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  that  I  reside 

at  No street,  in  the  City 

of  Los  Angeles,  County  of  Los  Angeles,  State  of  California,  and 
that  the  signatures  on  this  sheet  were  signed  in  my  presence  and 
are  genuine,  and  that  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief  the 
persons  so  signing  were  at  the  time  of  so  signing,  qualified  elec- 
tors of  said  city  and  that  their  respective  residences  are  correctly 
stated  as  above  set  forth. 


Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day  of 

A.  D 


Sec.  206-d.  Such  petition  shall  consist  of  sheets  of  uniform 
size,  to  be  furnished  by  the  City  Clerk,  and  said  petition  and 
each  separate  sheet  thereof  shall  be  preceded  by  a  heading  in 
large  clear  letters  or  type  giving  name  of  petition,  or  for  what 
office,  and  name  of  candidate  nominated,  in  substantially  the 
following  form: 

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Petition  for  nomination  of  A.  B.  for  City  Assessor  and 
C.  D.  for  City  Auditor,  etc.,  etc. 

Such  petition  shall  be  signed  by  qualified  electors  of  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles  in  their  own  proper  persons  only,  and  op- 
posite the  signature  of  each  signer,  his  residence  address  shall 
be  written  by  him,  or  if  he  is  unable  to  write,  by  some  one  under 
his  direction,  giving  the  street  and  number  when  such  designa- 
tion by  street  and  number  can  be  given.  At  the  bottom  of  each 
sheet  of  such  petition  shall  be  added  a  statement,  signed  by  a 
qualified  elector  of  the  city,  stating  his  residence  address,  with 
street  and  number  when  such  designation  by  street  and  number 
can  be  given,  certifying  that  the  signatures  on  that  sheet  of  said 
petition  were  signed  in  his  presence  and  are  genuine,  and  that 
to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  the  persons  so  signing 
were  at  the  time  of  signing  said  petition  qualified  electors  of  said 
city.  Such  statement  shall  be  sworn  to  before  some  officer  au- 
thorized to  administer  oaths.  Such  sheets,  before  being  filed, 
shall  be  fastened  together,  in  book  form,  by  placing  the  sheets 
in  a  pile,  and  fastening  them  together  at  one  edge  in  a  secure 
and  suitable  manner,  and  then  the  sheets  shall  be  numbered  con- 
secutively. The  sheets  shall  not  be  fastened  by  pasting  them 
together  end  to  end,  so  as  to  form  a  continuous  strip  or  roll. 

Sec.  206-e.  No  petition  for  nominations  shall  be  presented 
to  the  City  Clerk  which  sha-11  contain  blanks  for  more  than  one 
thousand  signatures,  nor  to  which  are  appended  the  signatures 
of  more  than  one  thousand  petitioners,  and  no  such  petition 
shall  be  held  sufficient  unless  signed  by  at  least  five  hundred 
qualified  electors  of  the  city.  No  petition  for  nomination  shall 
contain  the  names  of  more  than  one  candidate  for  each  office. 
Xo  elector  may  sign  more  than  one  petition  for  a  candidate  for 
the  same  office. 

Sec.  206-f.  Said  petition  shall  be  presented  to  the  City 
Clerk  not  more  than  fifty  days  and  not  less  than  thirty  days 
prior  to  the  primary  nominating  election,  and  the  said  Clerk 
shall  endorse  thereon  the  date  of  such  presentation.     A  fee  of 

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ten  dollars  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  upon  the  presentation 
to  him  of  said  petition.  The  City  Clerk  shall  immediately  pay 
into  the  city  treasury  all  such  fees,  and  the  same  shall  be  placed 
therein  to  the  credit  of  the  election  fund.  The  said  City  Clerk 
shall  immediately,  upon  the  presentation  to  him  of  a  petition, 
ascertain  and  determine  whether  or  not  the  petition  is  signed 
by  the  requisite  number  of  qualified  electors.  If  requested  by 
him  the  Council  shall  allow  the  Clerk  extra  assistants  in  this 
work,  and  the  provisions  of  this  Charter  respecting  the  classified 
civil  service  of  the  city  shall  not  apply  to  the  persons  so  em- 
ployed. The  Clerk  shall,  within  five  days  after  the  presentation 
of  such  petition  to  him,  attach  his  certificate  thereto  showing 
the  result  of  his  examination. 

Sec.  206-g.  If,  by  the  City  Clerk's  certificate,  it  shall  ap- 
pear that  the  petition  has  not  been  signed  by  the  requisite  num- 
ber of  qualified  electors,  it  may  be  amended  within  five  days 
from  the  date  of  said  certificate  by  the  further  addition  of 
names.  The  said  Clerk  shall,  within  five  days  after  such  amend- 
ment, make  like  examination  of  the  amended  petition  and  shall 
certify  as  to  the  result  of  his  examination,  but  no  further  amend- 
ment shall  be  allowed. 

.  Sec.  206-h.  If  either  the  original  or  amended  petition  shall 
be  found  to  be  sufficiently  signed  as  herein  provided,  the  same 
shall  be  filed  by  the  Clerk.  Said  petition,  when  filed,  shall  not 
be  withdrawn  or  added  to,  and  no  signature  shall  be  withdrawn 
therefrom  after  presentation  to  the  Clerk. 

Sec.  206-i.  Within  five  days  after  the  expiration  of  the 
time  for  the  filing  of  petitions  for  nominations,  any  person  for 
the  nomination  of  whom  a  petition  has  been  filed  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  may  cause  his  name  to  be  withdrawn  from  nomination, 
by  filing  with  the  City  Clerk  a  request  therefor  in  writing,  and 
no  name  so  withdrawn  shall  be  printed  upon- the  ballot  to  be  used 
at  the  primary  nominating  election.  If  upon  such  withdrawal, 
or  by  the  death  of  any  person  for  the  nomination  of  whom  a 
petition  has  been  filed,  the  number  of  candidates  remaining  does 

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not  exceed  the  number  of  persons  to  be  elected  to  any  office, 
then  other  nominations  may  be  made  by  filing  petitions  therefor 
not  later  than  twenty  days  prior  to  such  election,  but  no  amend- 
ment to  any  such  petition  shall  be  allowed. 

Sec.  206-j.  The  City  Clerk  shall  enter  the  names  of  all  per- 
sons for  the  nomination  of  whom  as  candidates  petitions  have 
been  filed  as  hereinbefore  provided,  except  candidates  who  have 
withdrawn  or  died,  and  shall,  not  later  than  ten  days  prior  to 
the  primary  nominating  election,  certify  such  list  as  the  list  of 
names  of  candidates  to  be  voted  for  at  such  primary  nominating 
election.  The  City  Clerk  shall  cause  said  list  of  names  and  the 
offices  for  which  the  several  candidates  were  respectively  nomi- 
nated, together  with  his  certificate  thereof,  to  be  published  for 
at  least  five  consecutive  days  prior  to  the  primary  nominating 
election  in  five  daily  newspapers  printed  and  published  in  the 
city. 

Sec.  206-k.  The  City  Clerk  shall  cause  the  ballots  to  be 
printed  and,  except  when  voting  machines  are  used,  numbered 
and  bound,  which  ballots  shall  contain  the  list  of  names  of  candi- 
dates and  respective  offices  as  published,  with  the  following 
caption  : 

"primary  nominating  election. 

City  of  Los  Angeles. 

(Inserting  date  thereof.) 

"To  vote,  stamp  a  cross  opposite  the  name  of  the  candidate 
voted  for,  except  that  when  name  of  candidate  is  written  in  by 
voter  the  cross  shall  not  be  made." 

The  names  of  the  offices  to  be  filled  shall  be  arranged  on 
the  ballots  in  the  order  the  officers  of  the  city  to  be  elected  are 
named  in  section  4  of  this  Charter. 

Sec.  206-1.  The  names  of  the  candidates  for  each  office 
shall  be  arranged  on  the  ballot  for  the  primary  nominating  elec- 
tion in  alphabetical  order.  There  shall  be  nothing  on  any  ballot 
indicative  of  the  party  affiliation,  source  of  candidacy  or  support 

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of  any  candidate.  Any  candidate  to  serve  for  the  remainder  of 
an  unexpired  term  shall  be  designated  in  the  petition  and  on  the 
ballot  as  a  candidate  to  fill  an  unexpired  term. 

Sec.  206-m.  Each  ballot  shall  contain  blank  spaces  under- 
neath the  printed  names  for  each  office,  wherein  the  voter  may 
write  the  name  of  any  candidate  whose  name  is  not  printed  on 
the  ballot  and  for  whom  he  may  wish  to  vote,  and  in  such  case 
a  cross  shall  not  be  stamped  opposite  such  written  name. 

Sec.  206-n.  In  the  event  that  any  candidate  for  nomination 
to  any  office  for  which  only  one  person  is  to  be  elected  shall 
receive  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  for  all  the  candidates  for 
nomination  to  such  office  at  such  primary  nominating  election, 
the  candidate  so  receiving  such  majority  of  votes  shall  be  deemed 
to  be  and  declared  by  the  Council  to  be  elected  to  such  office; 
provided,  that  in  the  case  of  candidates  for  the  offices  of  mem- 
ber of  the  Council  and  member  of  the  Board  of  Education,  the 
candidates  therefor  equal  to  or  less  than  the  number  of  such 
offices,  for  which  nominations  are  to  be  made  who  receive  the 
votes  of  more  than  one-half  of  the  qualified  electors  voting  at 
such  election,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  and  declared  by  the  Council 
to  be  elected  to  such  office  or  offices.  Except  as  in  this  section 
provided,  the  result  of  such  primary  nominating  election  shall 
be  as  provided  in  section  206-O  of  this  Charter. 

Sec.  206-O.  The  two  candidates  receiving  the  highest  num- 
ber of  votes  for  any  given  office  at  the  primary  nominating  elec- 
tion shall  be  the  candidates,  and  the  only  candidates,  for  such 
office  whose  names  shall  be  printed  upon  the  ballots  to  be  used 
at  the  general  municipal  election ;  provided,  that  where  more 
than  one  office  of  the  same  kind  is  to  be  filled,  the  candidates 
therefor,  equaling  in  number  twice  the  number  of  such  offices, 
who  receive  the  highest  number  of  votes  at  the  primary  nomi- 
nating election,  shall  be  the  candidates,  and  the  only  candidates, 
for  such  offices  whose  names  shall  be  printed  upon  the  ballot  to 
be  used  at  such  general  election. 

After  the  expiration  of  the  time  within  which  nominations 

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may  be  contested,  as  hereinafter  provided,  the  Council  shall 
cause  certificates  of  nominations  to  be  issued  by  the  City  Clerk 
to  such  candidates  as  shall  have  received  the  required  number  of 
votes  and  shall  have  been  nominated  at  the  primary  nominating 
election;  provided,  however,  that  such  certificate  shall  not  be 
issued  when  there  is  a  contest  as  to  any  candidate,  as  hereinafter 
provided,  until  after  such  contest  shall  be  determined. 

Sec.  206-p.  The  ballot  at  any  general  election  shall  be  in 
the  same  general  form  as  for  such  primary  nominating  election, 
so  far  as  applicable,  and  without  any  indication  as  to  the  party 
affiliation,  source  of  candidacy  or  support  of  any  candidate. 

Sec.  206-q.  Any  person  entitled  to  vote  at  any  election  held 
in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  shall,  on  the  day  of  such  election,  be 
entitled  to  absent  himself  from  any  service  or  employment  in 
which  he  is  then  engaged  or  employed,  for  the  period  of  two 
consecutive  hours  between  the  time  of  opening  and  the  time  of 
closing  the  polls;  and  such  voter  shall  not,  because  of  so  ab- 
senting himself,  be  liable  to  any  penalty,  nor  shall  any  deduction 
be  made  on  account  of  such  absence  from  his  usual  salary  or 
wages. 

Sec.  206-r.  Nothing  contained  in  any  of  the  foregoing  sec- 
tions, 206-a  to  206-q,  both  inclusive,  shall  be  deemed  to  apply 
to  any  election  held  under  the  sections  of  this  article  relating  to 
the  recall  and  removal  of  elective  officers,  except  as  therein  ex- 
pressly provided. 

Sec.  206-s.  In  the  event  of  the  death  of  any  candidate  nom- 
inated at  a  primary  nominating  election  for  any  office,  the  name 
of  the  person  who  received  the  highest  vote  of  those  who  were 
candidates  for  such  office,  other  than  the  candidates  who  were 
nominated  therefor  at  the  primary  nominating  election,  shall  be 
deemed  a  candidate  and  his  name  shall  be  printed  upon  the 
ballot  to  be  used  at  the  general  municipal  election,  with  the 
same  force  and  effect  as  if  such  person  had  been  nominated 
therefor  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

Sec.  206-t.     Whenever  it  shall  appear  upon  the  canvass  of 

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the  returns  of  any  primary  nominating  election  that  two  or 
more  persons  have  received  an  equal  number  of  votes  as  candi- 
dates for  any  office  at  such  election,  so  that  the  result  of  such 
election  does  not  determine  which  of  such  persons  are  entitled 
to  be  nominated  as  candidates  for  such  office,  the  City  Clerk 
shall  forthwith,  upon  the  declaration  by  the  Council  of  the  result 
of  such  election,  notify  in  writing  all  persons  so  receiving  an 
equal  number  of  votes,  to  appear  before  the  Council,  in  the 
Council  chamber,  at  its  next  regular  meeting  that  shall  occur 
after  the  expiration  of  five  days  after  the  result  of  such  election 
shall  have  been  declared,  and  at  an  hour  to  be  specified  in  such 
notice,  and  then  and  there  to  draw  lots  to  determine  which  of 
said  persons  shall  be  the  candidate  or  candidates  for  such  office. 
At  the  time  and  place  specified  in  such  notice,  such  persons  shall 
appear  before  the  Council  and  shall  then  and  there  in  open  ses- 
sion thereof,  draw  lots  to  determine  which  of  said  persons  shall 
be  such  candidate  or  candidates.  Such  lots  shall  be  drawn  in 
such  manner  as  the  Council  shall  prescribe,  and  the  person  or 
persons  upon  whom  the  choice  made  by  such  drawing  of  lots 
shall  fall,  shall  be  declared  to  be  and  shall  be  the  candidate  or 
candidates.  If  any  such  person  do  not  appear,  as  above  pre- 
scribed, the  City  Clerk  shall  act  for  such  person  in  such  draw- 
ing of  lots;  provided,  however,  that  if  any  demand  for, a  re- 
count of  the  ballots  cast  at  such  primary  nominating  election 
be  made  as  hereinafter  provided,  by  or  on  behalf  of  any  such 
person,  such  drawing  of  lots  shall  not  be  had  until  and  unless 
such  recount  shall  also  result  in  a  tie  vote  having  the  effect 
hereinbefore  stated. 

Nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  be  construed  to  pre- 
vent any  elector  of  the  city  from  demanding  and  obtaining  a 
recount  of  the  ballots  cast  at  such  primary  nominating  election 
as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  206-u.  Any  elector  of  the  city  may  contest  the  right 
of  any  person  declared  nominated  as  a  candidate  for  any  office 
to  be  such  candidate,  upon  the  ground  that  such  person  did  not 

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receive  the  requisite  number  of  votes  at  the  primary  nominating 
election.  When  an  elector  contests  the  right  of  any  person  de- 
clared nominated  as  a  candidate  for  any  office  to  be  a  candidate 
therefor,  he  must,  within  five  days  after  the  result  of  the  pri- 
mary nominating  election  shall  have  been  declared  by  the  Coun- 
cil, file  with  the  City  Clerk  a  written  petition  setting  forth  spe- 
cifically the  following: 

(1)  The  name  of  the  person  contesting  such  nomination, 
and  that  he  is  an  elector  of  the  city; 

(2)  The  name  of  the  person  whose  right  to  be  a  candi- 
date for  an  office,  stating  the  office,  is  contested; 

(3)  A  statement  of  particulars  wherein  the  person,  whose 
right  to  be  a  candidate  is  contested,  did  not  receive  the  requisite 
number  of  votes  at  the  primary  nominating  election ;  or,  of  such 
errors  in  the  counting  of  ballots,  which,  if  corrected,  would  give 
a  diflferent  result; 

(4)  A  demand  for  a  recount  of  the  ballots  cast  at  such 
election. 

Such  petition  must  be  signed  by  and  be  verified  by  the  affi- 
davit of  the  person  filing  such  petition,  and  such  affidavit  must 
state  that  the  statements  made  in  the  petition  are  true  of  his 
own  knowledge,  except  as  to  the  matters  which  are  therein  stated 
on  his  information  or  belief,  and  as  to  those  matters  he  believes 
it  to  be  true.  Any  such  petition  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  bond 
in  the  penal  sum  of  $500,  in  favor  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles, 
executed  by  the  petitioner  and  by  two  sureties  satisfactory  to  the 
Council,  conditioned  for  the  payment  by  the  petitioner  to  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles  of  the  costs  and  expenses  of  such  recount 
of  ballots  in  case  such  contest  does  not  change  the  result  of  such 
election. 

The  City  Clerk  shall  present  said  petition  to  the  Council  at 
its  next  regular  meeting  after  the  filing  thereof,  and  the  Council 
shall  thereupon  order  a  recount  of  the  ballots  cast  at  such  elec- 
tion. Such  recount  shall  be  conducted  by  the  IMayor,  City  At- 
torney and  City  Clerk,  who  shall  for  that  purpose  constitute  a 

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board  of  contested  primary  nominating  elections;  provided,  hozv- 
ever,  that  if  any  of  said  ofificers  are  interested  parties  to  said 
contest,  the  Council  shall  designate  a  disinterested  elector  to  act 
upon  such  board  in  the  place  of  such  officer.  Such  board  shall 
be  authorized  by  the  Council  to  employ  such  persons  as  may  be 
necessary  to  assist  them  in  conducting  such  recount,  which  shall 
be  public,  and  conducted  with  due  diligence  to  completion. 
Upon  the  completion  thereof,  such  board  shall  make  a  report 
in  writing  of  the  result  thereof  to  the  Council,  which  shall  there- 
upon declare  the  same;  and  if  any  person  or  persons  other  than 
the  person  or  persons  theretofore  declared  nominated,  are  found 
upon  such  recount  to  be  entitled  to  such  nomination,  the  Council 
shall  so  declare  and  direct  that  the  proper  certificate  of  nomina- 
tion be  issued  to  such  person  or  persons.  Nothing  in  this  section 
contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  any  person  from  con- 
testing any  nomination  by  such  judicial  proceedings  as  may  be 
otherwise  authorized  by  law. 

In  case  the  result  of  such  primary  nominating  election  is 
changed  by  such  contest,  the  expense  of  such  recount  shall  be 
paid  by  the  city. 

Sec.  206-v.  The  provisions  of  section  206-u  shall  be  ap- 
plicable to  any  case  where  it  appears  from  the  canvass  of  the 
returns  of  any  primary  nominating  election  that  two  or  more 
persons  have  received  an  equal  number  of  votes  as  candidates* 
for  any  office  at  such  election,  so  that  the  result  of  such  election 
does  not  determine  which  of  such  persons  are  entitled  to  be 
nominated  as  candidates  for  such  office.  Any  elector  of  the  city 
may,  in  the  event  of  any  such  tie  vote,  obtain  a  recount  of  the 
ballots  cast  at  such  primary  nominating  election  by  filing  a  peti- 
tion demanding  such  recount,  setting  forth  specifically  the  fol- 
lowing : 

(1)  The  name  of  the  person  demanding  such  recount,  and 
that  he  is  an  elector  of  the  city; 

(2)  The  names  of  the  persons  who  received  an  equal  num- 
ber of  votes,  stating  the  office ; 

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(3)  A  statement  of  particulars  of  such  errors  in  the  count- 
ing of  ballots,  which,  if  corrected,  will  give  a  different  result; 

(4)  A  demand  for  a  recount  of  the  ballots  cast  at  such 
election. 

Such  petition  shall  be  signed,  verified  and  filed  as  in  said 
section  206-u  provided.  The  proceedings  for  such  recount  shall 
be  conducted  and  the  result  thereof  determined  in  the  same  man- 
ner and  with  the  same  force  and  effect  as  in  said  section  pro- 
vided, and  the  provisions  thereof  shall  control  in  all  matters  per- 
taining to  such  proceedings  so  far  as  they  may  be  applicable 
thereto. 

Sec.  206-w.  A  substantial  compliance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  article  shall  be  sufficient  for  the  holding  of  any  election 
hereunder,  and  for  the  approval  or  rejection  of  any  ordinance, 
order  or  resolution  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  electors  of  the  city. 


ARTICLE  XX. 
[Amendment,  1911.] 

CONTRACTS  AND  THE  SALE  OF  PROPERTY. 

Sec.  207.  Every  contract  involving  an  expenditure  of  more 
than  five  hundred  dollars  shall,  except  in  cases  of  urgent  neces- 
sity, as  provided  in  section  207-a  of  this  Charter,  be  made  in 
writing,  the  draft  whereof  shall  be  approved  by  the  body,  board, 
commission  or  officer  authorized  to  make  the  same,  and  signed 
on  behalf  of  the  city  by  the  Mayor,  or  some  other  person  author- 
ized thereto  by  resolution  of  the  Council  in  the  case  of  a  con- 
tract authorized  by  the  Council,  or,  in  the  case  of  other  con- 
tracts, by  the  president  or  two  members  of  the  board,  or  com- 
mission, or  the  officer,  as  the  case  may  be,  authorized  to  make 
the  same ;  provided,  however,  that  the  approval  by  the  City  At- 
torney of  any  such  contract  as  to  form,  as  required  by  section 
49  of  this  Charter,  shall  be  indorsed  thereon  before  the  Council, 
or  such  board,  commission  or  officer,  shall  have  power  to  ap- 

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prove  the  same;  and  provided,  further,  that  every  contract  in- 
volving the  expenditure  of  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  shall 
be  first  authorized  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  Council,  except 
contracts  made  by  the  Board  of  Library  Directors,  and  contracts 
requiring  payment  from  funds  derived  from  the  sale  of  water, 
or  electric  power,  or  bonds  of  the  city. 

Sec.  207-a.  The  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  not  be,  and  is 
not  bound  by  any  contract,  involving  any  expenditure  of  more 
than  five  hundred  dollars,  unless  the  Council,  board,  commission 
or  officer,  as  the  case  may  be,  authorized  to  make  the  same,  shall 
have  first  caused  notice  to  be  published  one  or  more  times  in  a 
daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  said  city,  inviting  pro- 
posals to  perform  the  same,  and  specifying  the  amount  of  the 
bond  to  be  given  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  contract, 
and  thereafter  shall  have  let  said  contract  to  the  lowest  regular, 
responsible  bidder  furnishing  security  for  its  performance  satis- 
factory to  the  Council,  or  such  board,  commission  or  officer,  as 
the  case  may  be.  The  right  to  reject  any  and  all  proposals  shall, 
in  every  case,  be  reserved.  Every  such  proposal  shall  be  accom- 
panied by  a  check  certified  by  a  responsible  bank  in  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles,  payable  to  the  order  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles, 
for  an  amount  not  less  than  ten  per  centum  of  the  aggregate 
sum  of  the  bid,  or  by  a  satisfactory  bond  for  the  said  amount, 
and  so  payable,  as  a  guarantee  that  the  bidder  will  enter  into  the 
proposed  contract  if  the  same  be  awarded  to  him.  No  bid  shall 
be  considered  unless  the  same  is  accompanied  by  such  check  or 
bond.  The  bid  of  any  party  who  has  been  delinquent  or  un- 
faithful in  the  performance  of  any  former  contract  with  the  city 
shall  be  rejected.  If  the  successful  bidder  fails  within  ten  days 
after  the  contract  is  awarded  to  him  to  enter  into  the  same  or  to 
furnish  the  bond  required  for  the  faithful  performance  thereof, 
executed  by  the  contractor  and  by  a  responsible  surety  com- 
pany, or  by  two  or  more  sufficient  sureties  approved  by  the 
Council,  board,  commission  or  officer,  as  the  case  may  be,  then 
the  certified  check  accompanying  his  bid  shall  be  presented  for 

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payment  and  collected,  and  the  amount  thereof  paid  into  the 
general  funds  of  the  city;  provided,  however,  that  the  provisions 
of  this  section  requiring  the  publication  of  notice  inviting  pro- 
posals and  the  letting  of  contracts  to  the  lowest  bidder,  shall  not 
apply  to  contracts  previously  authorized  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of 
the  Council  for  the  performance  of  professional,  scientific,  tech- 
nical or  expert  services,  or  for  the  furnishing  of  articles  covered 
by  letters  patent  granted  by  the  government  of  the  United 
States,  or  for  the  leasing  or  purchase  of  real  property;  and 
provided,  further,  that  when  any  repairs,  alterations,  work  or 
improvement  under  the  charge  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works 
shall  be  deemed  of  urgent  necessity  by  the  board,  it  may,  when 
authorized  by  resolution  adopted  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the 
members  of  the  whole  Council  and  approved  by  the  Mayor, 
make  a  contract,  in  writing  or  otherwise,  in  behalf  of  the  city, 
for  the  performance  or  furnishing  of  the  labor,  materials  or 
supplies  required  for  said  purpose,  without  advertising  for  or 
inviting  bids. 

Sec.  207-b.  Every  proposal  to  perform  a  contract  with 
the  city,  or  with  any  board,  commission  or  officer  thereof,  shall 
have  thereon,  or  attached  thereto,  the  affidavit  of  the  bidder  that 
such  proposal  is  genuine,  and  not  sham  or  collusive,  or  made  in 
the  interest  or  in  behalf  of  any  person  not  therein  named,  and 
that  the  bidder  has  not  directly  or  indirectly  induced  or  solicited 
any  other  bidder  to  put  in  a  sham  bid,  or  any  other  person,  firm 
or  corporation  to  refrain  from  bidding,  and  that  the  bidder  has 
not  in  any  manner  sought  by  collusion  to  secure  for  himself  an 
advantage  over  any  other  bidder.  Any  bid  made  without  such 
affidavit,  or  in  violation  thereof  shall  not  be  considered.  If  at 
any  time  it  shall  be  found  that  the  person,  firm  or  corporation 
to  whom  a  contract  has  been  awarded  has,  in  presenting  any  bid 
or  bids,  colluded  with  any  other  party  or  parties,  then  the  con- 
tract so  awarded  shall  be  voidable  at  the  option  of  the  City 
Council,  or  the  board,  commission  or  officer  making  the  same  on 
behalf  of  the  city,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  the  contractor  and  his 

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bondsmen  shall  be  liable  to  the  city  for  all  loss  or  damage  which 
the  city  may  suffer  thereby;  and  the  Council,  board,  commission 
or  officer,  as  the  case  may  be,  may  advertise  for  a  new  contract. 

Sec.  207-c.  Each  officer,  commission  or  board  shall  have 
authority  to  expend  and  make  contracts  involving  the  expendi- 
ture of  one-twelfth  of  the  fund  apportioned  to  such  officer,  com- 
mission or  board  during  each  month  of  the  fiscal  year,  and  no 
more,  unless  specially  authorized  so  to  do  by  the  Council;  pro- 
vided, that  if  during  any  month  less  than  one-twelfth  of  the 
fund  so  apportioned  shall  be  expended,  the  amount  unexpended 
may  be  expended  in  any  subsequent  month  of  the  fiscal  year 
without  such  authorization. 

Sec.  207-d.  All  purchases  of  materials  or  supplies  involv- 
ing an  expenditure  of  five  hundred  dollars  or  less,  and  required 
for  or  by  any  body,  board,  commission  or  officer  of  the  city, 
excepting  purchases  made  by  the  Board  of  Library  Directors, 
and  purchases  requiring  payment  from  funds  derived  from  the 
sale  of  water,  electric  power,  or  bonds  of  the  city,  shall  be  made 
from  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  in  the  manner  that  may, 
from  time  to  time,  be  prescribed  by  ordinance,  through  the  pur- 
chasing agent  of  the  city,  when  one  shall  have  been  appointed, 
and  upon  requisition  delivered  to  him  and  signed  by  the  presi- 
dent, or  two  members,  of  such  body,  board  or  commission,  or  by 
such  officer.  Other  contracts,  involving  an  expenditure  of  five 
hundred  dollars  or  less,  made  by  any  body,  board,  commission 
or  officer  of  the  city,  excepting  contracts  made  by  the  Board  of 
Library  Directors,  and  contracts  requiring  payment  from  funds 
derived  from  the  sale  of  water,  electric  power,  or  bonds  of  the 
city,  shall  be  made  in  the  manner  that  may,  from  time  to  time, 
be  prescribed  by  ordinance;  provided,  hozvcver,  that,  in  the  case 
of  urgent  necessity,  when  the  procedure  prescribed  by  this  sec- 
tion cannot  be  followed  without  loss  to  the  city,  any  body,  board, 
commission  or  officer  of  the  city  mentioned  in  section  207-c  of 
this  Charter,  may  purchase  materials  or  supplies  required  for 
immediate  use  by  the  city,  when  such  purchase  does  not  exceed 

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twenty-five  dollars;  provided,  that  such  emergency  purchases 
shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  dollars  for  any  such  body,  board, 
commission  or  officer,  during  any  one  month. 

Sec.  207-e.  Any  real  property  owned  by  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles  may,  subject  to  the  limitations  and  exceptions  else- 
where prescribed  in  this  Charter,  be  sold  either  in  whole,  or  in 
part,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  section.  When- 
ever the  public  interest  or  convenience  may  require  the  Council 
is  hereby  authorized  to  order  the  sale,  and  to  sell  any  such  real 
property,  either  at  public  auction,  or  to  the  highest  bidder  for 
cash,  or  on  terms  after  advertising  for  bids;  provided,  however, 
that  the  Council  shall  prescribe  the  minimum  price  for  which 
the  same  w411  be  sold  and  that  at  least  one-third  of  the  selling 
price  shall  be  payable  in  cash,  and  if  the  price  offered  at  such 
auction,  or  the  amount  bid  by  the  highest  bidder  at  such  sale, 
shall  be  less  than  such  minimum  price,  such  property  shall  not 
be  sold.  Before  ordering  the  sale  of  any  such  real  property 
the  Council  shall,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  of  its  members, 
pass  an  ordinance  declaring  its  intention  to  sell  the  same,  de- 
scribing the  property  proposed  to  be  sold  in  such  manner  as  to 
identify  the  same,  specifying  the  minimum  price  and  terms  for 
which  it  will  be  sold,  and  stating  whether  such  sale  shall  be  at 
public  auction  or  to  the  highest  responsible  bidder  after  ad- 
vertising for  bids.  Such  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Charter  providing  for  a  referendary  vote.  Unless 
a  petition  demanding  the  submission  of  such  ordinance  to  a 
vote  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  city  be  filed  with  the  City 
Clerk  within  thirty  days  after  the  publication  thereof,  the  Coun- 
cil may,  in  its  discretion,  after  the  expiration  of  such  thirty  days, 
cause  notice  of  the  sale  of  the  property  described  in  such  ordi- 
nance to  be  published  for  ten  days  in  one  or  more  daily  news- 
papers printed  and  published  in  said  city.  In  the  case  of  any 
sale  of  any  real  property  after  advertisement  for  bids  all  such 
bids  shall  be  sealed  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  on 
or  before  a  time  to  be  specified  in  the  notice  of  the  sale.     The 

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City  Clerk  shall  present  all  bids  received  by  him  to  the  Council 
at  its  next  regular  meeting  after  the  expiration  of  the  time  for 
the  submission  of  bids.  The  Council  shall  thereupon,  in  public 
session,  open,  examine  and  declare  all  bids  received.  At  the 
time  of  opening  the  bids,  any  responsible  person  may  bid  for 
such  property  a  sum  exceeding  the  highest  bid  by  not  less  than 
five  per  centum,  and  such  bid  so  made  may  be  raised  by  any 
other  person  or  persons  until  the  property  shall  either  be  sold 
or  withdrawn  from  sale.  No  bid  shall  be  considered  unless 
accompanied  by  a  cash  deposit  or  check  certified  by  a  responsible 
bank  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  in  an  amount  not  less  than 
ten  per  centum  of  the  amount  of  such  bid.  The  Council  may 
in  its  discretion  in  all  cases  where  property  is  offered  for  sale 
reject  any  or  all  bids,  or  withdraw  such  property  from  sale  at 
any  time,  should  it  deem  such  action  to  be  for  the  public  in- 
terest. Any  real  property  proposed  to  be  sold  that  is  under 
the  control  of  any  board  or  commission  authorized  by  this 
Charter,  or  by  law,  to  acquire,  hold  or  control  real  property 
shall  not  be  sold  except  with  the  approval  of  a  majority  of  such 
board  or  commission,  and  the  proceeds  of  any  such  sale  shall 
be  paid  into  the  city  treasury  and  placed  in  the  fund  of  the  de- 
partment having  control  of  such  property. — [Amendment,  1913.] 
Sec.  207-f.  Any  personal  property  belonging  to  the  city, 
that  is  no  longer  required  for  the  use  of  the  city,  may  be  sold 
under  such  terms  and  conditions,  and  under  such  procedure  as 
the  Council  may  by  ordinance  prescribe ;  provided,  however, 
that  no  such  personal  property  that  is  under  the  control  of  any 
department  of  the  city  government  shall  be  sold  except  at  the 
request  or  with  the  approval  of  the  board,  commission  or  officer 
having  the  management  of  such  department.  The  proceeds  of 
the  sale  of  personal  property  shall  be  paid  into  the  city  treasury 
and  placed  in  the  fund  of  such  department. 


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ARTICLE  XXI. 
[Amendment,  1911.] 

TAXATION,    FINANCE,    CLAIMS  AND  DEMANDS. 

Sec.  208.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  city  shall  commence  on  the 
first  day  of  July  of  each  year  and  shall  end  on  the  thirtieth  day 
of  June  of  the  following  year. 

Sec.  209.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  officer  of  the  city, 
the  conduct  of  whose  office  requires  the  expenditure  of  money, 
and  every  board  or  commission  having  the  management  and 
control  of  any  department  of  the  government  of  the  city,  to  pre- 
pare and  file  with  the  City  Auditor,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
April  of  each  year,  a  detailed  estimate  in  writing  of  the  amount 
of  expenditure  required  for  the  proper  conduct  of  the  business 
of  their  respective  offices  and  departments  for  the  next  ensumg 
fiscal  year,  including  a  statement  of  the  salaries  of  their  subordi- 
nates. 

Sec.  210.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  May  of  each  year 
the  City  Auditor  shall  transmit  to  the  Council  an  estimate  of  the 
probable  expenditures  of  the  city  government  for  the  next  en- 
suing fiscal  year,  stating  the  amount  required  for  the  interest  and 
sinking  funds  for  all  outstanding  bonded  indebtedness  of  the 
city,  and  the  requirements  of  all  the  offices  and  departments  of 
the  municipal  government  in  detail,  ^and  showing  specifically  the 
amount  necessary  to  be  provided  for  each  fund  and  department; 
also  an  estimate  of  the  amount  of  income  from  fines,  licenses  and 
other  sources  of  revenue,  exclusive  of  taxes  upon  property,  and 
the  probable  amount  to  be  raised  by  taxation. 

Sec.  211.  The  Council  shall  meet  annually,  prior  to  fixing 
the  tax  levy,  and  by  resolution  adopted  by  a  majority  of  all  its 
members,  shall  make  a  budget  of  the  estimated  amounts  re- 
quired for  the  interest  and  sinking  funds  for  the  bonded  indebt- 
edness of  the  city,  and  to  pay  the  expenses  of  conducting  the 
business  of  the  city  government  for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year.  The 
budget  shall  be  prepared  in  such  detail  as  to  the  aggregate  sum 

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and  the  items  thereof  allowed  to  each  department,  officer,  board 
or  fund,  as  the  Council  may  determine.  The  resolution  adopting 
the  budget  shall  be  presented  to  the  Mayor  for  his  approval  and 
signature.  Any  item  of  said  budget  may,  within  ten  days  after 
the  adoption  thereof,  be  vetoed  in  whole  or  in  part  by  the 
Mayor,  and  it  shall  require  the  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  Council 
to  overcome  such  veto.  In  making  such  budget  the  Council  may 
provide  for  a  general  expense  fund  for  expenses  not  otherwise 
provided  for.  After  the  budget  is  made  in  accordance  herewith, 
it  shall  be  signed  by  the  president  of  the  Council,  and  the  City 
Clerk,  and  the  several  sums  thereof  shall  thereupon  be  deemed 
appropriated  for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year  to  the  several  purposes, 
departments  and  offices  therein  specified.  The  budget  shall  be 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Auditor.  The  Council  must  cause 
to  be  raised  by  tax  levy,  according  to  law,  the  amounts  so  appro- 
priated, less  the  amount  to  be  received  by  the  city  from  fines, 
licenses  and  other  sources  of  revenue. 

Sec.  212.  When  the  assessment  list  is  made  out  and  trans- 
mitted to  the  Council,  as  provided  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city, 
the  Council  shall,  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  in  such  ordi- 
nance provided,  sit  and  act  as  a  Board  of  Equalization,  and  shall 
have,  as  regards  the  equalization  of  said  list,  powers  similar  to 
those  conferred  by  law  upon  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Los 
Angeles  County,  as  a  board  of  equalization  of  state  and  county 
taxes. 

The  meetings  of  said  Board  of  Equalization  shall  be  public, 
and  notice  of  such  meetings  shall  be  given  by  publication  at  such 
time  and  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  provided  by  ordinance.  The 
said  board  shall  have  the  power,  in  its  discretion,  to  increase  or 
diminish  the  amount  of  any  or  all  of  the  assessments  on  said 
lists,  both  as  to  real  and  personal  property;  provided,  that  be- 
fore any  such  assessment  shall  be  increased,  due  notice  shall  be 
given  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  property  the  assessed  value 
of  which  is  sought  to  be  increased,  and  such  owner  or  owners 
shall  have  the  opportunity  to  be  heard  before  the  board,  under 

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oath;  such  notice  to  be  regulated  in  all  respects  by  ordinance. 

After  such  list  has  been  equalized,  it  shall  be  returned  to 
the  Council,  which  shall  forthwith  fix  the  levy  or  rate  per  cent 
of  taxes  levied  for  all  municipal  purposes  for  such  fiscal  year. 

Every  tax  so  levied  shall  have  the  force  and  effect  of  a 
judgment  against  the  person  and  property  taxed,  and  shall  be 
and  constitute  a  lien  upon  the  real  property  situated  in  said  city 
so  assessed  or  owned  by  the  person  against  whom  such  assess- 
ment is  made. 

Every  such  assessment  and  the  lien  thereof  shall  have  the 
force  and  eltect  of  an  execution  duly  levied  upon  all  property 
owned  by  the  person  assessed,  or  by  the  unknown  owner  of  such 
property  when  assessed  to  an  unknown  owner.  The  judgment 
is  not  satisfied  nor  discharged  until  the  tax  assessed  against  the 
property  and  the  owner  is  paid,  or  the  property  sold  for  the  pay- 
ment thereof. 

The  city  shall  have  such  other  rights,  claims  and  liens  for 
the  amount  of  such  municipal  taxes  as  may  now  or  hereafter  be 
given  to  or  exercised  by  the  people  of  the  State  of  California 
for  and  on  account  of  the  assessment  of  state  and  county  taxes 
levied  in  Los  Angeles  County. 

The  mode  and  manner  of  collecting  such  municipal  taxes, 
and  enforcing  such  tax  lien,  and  the  proceedings  thereafter,  shall 
substantially  be  the  same  as  the  mode  and  manner  at  the  time 
prescribed  by  law  for  the  collection  of  state  and  county  taxes  in 
said  county;  provided,  however,  that  the  Council  may,  by  ordi- 
nance, have  the  power  to  regulate  the  time  or  times  of  the  col- 
lection of  said  taxes  within  each  fiscal  year,  and  prescribe  by 
what  officers  the  respective  duties  appertaining  to  such  collection 
and  enforcement  shall  be  performed.  All  proceedings,  sales, 
certificates  and  conveyances  had,  made  and  executed  by  them  in 
pursuance  thereof,  shall  be  of  like  force,  effect  and  validity  as  is 
or  may  hereafter  be  given  by  law  to  like  proceedings  and  acts 
in  the  matter  of  the  collection  of  state  and  county  taxes  in  said 
county. 

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Sec.  213.  The  Council  must,  not  later  than  the  last  Tues- 
day in  August  of  each  year,  adopt  an  ordinance  levying  upon 
the  assessed  valuation  of  the  property  of  the  city,  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  this  Charter,  a  rate  of  taxation  upon  each  one 
hundred  dollars  of  valuation,  sufficient  to  raise  the  amounts  esti- 
mated to  be  required  in  the  annual  budget,  less  the  amounts  esti- 
mated to  be  received  from  fines,  licenses  and  other  sources  of 
revenue. 

Sec.  214.  The  income  and  revenues  paid  into  the  treasury 
shall  be  apportioned  to  and  kept  in  separate  funds.  It  shall  not 
be  lawful  to  transfer  money  from  one  fund  to  another,  or  to  use 
the  same  in  payment  of  demands  upon  another  fund,  except  in 
the  case  of  the  general  expense  fund  and  the  reserve  fund;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  every  fee,  commission,  percentage,  allow- 
ance or  compensation  authorized  by  law  to  be  charged,  received 
or  collected  by  any  officer  of  the  city  for  any  service  shall  be 
paid  into  the  city  treasury,  to  the  credit  of  such  fund,  and  be 
applied  to  such  purposes  as  the  Council  shall  by  ordinance  de- 
termine. 

Sec.  215.  At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  the  Council  shall 
direct  the  Auditor  and  Treasurer  to  transfer  all  surplus  moneys 
remaining  in  each  fund,  over  and  above  the  amount  of  outstand- 
ing demands  and  liabilities  payable  out  of  such  fund,  to  a  fund 
to  be  called  the  ''reserve  fund,"  except  such  surplus  moneys  as 
are  in  the  several  interest  and  sinking  funds,  bond  funds,  trust 
funds,  the  library  ftmd,  the  water  revenue  fund,  the  power  reve- 
nue fund,  and  the  harbor  revenue  fund,  but  the  Council  may  by 
ordinance  direct  said  surplus  moneys  in  the  power  revenue  fund 
or  the  harbor  revenue  fund  transferred  to.  such  reserve  fund. 

Sec.  216.  All  claims  and  demands  against  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles,  except  coupons  for  interest  and  installments  of  the 
principal  of  oujtstanding  bonds  of  the  city,  shall  be  paid  only  on 
demands  as  hereinafter  provided,  on  forms  and  blanks  to  be 
prescribed  by  the  city  Auditor. 

Sec.  217.     Every  claim  and  demand  against  the  City  of  Los 

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Angeles,  except  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section,  shall  be 
first  presented  to  and  approved  by  the  board,  commission  or 
officer  authorized  by  this  Charter  to  incur  the  expenditure  or 
liability  represented  thereby;  if  such  approval  be  made  by  a 
board  or  commission  the  same  shall  be  evidenced  by  a  vote  of 
two-thirds  of  the  members  thereof,  taken  with  the  ayes  and  noes 
and  spread  upon  the  minutes,  and  the  action  of  such  board  or 
commission,  and  the  date  thereof,  must  be  endorsed  on  such 
demand,  and  signed  in  writing  by  the  president  or  by  two  mem- 
bers thereof,  and  the  secretary  or  clerk  thereof;  and  if  such 
approval  be  made  by  an  officer  he,  or  his  chief  deputy,  shall  en- 
dorse the  same  by  his  signature  in  writing.  In  all  cases  the 
date  of  such  approval  shall  be  given. 

Sec.  218.  The  salaries  of  all  officers  and  employees  of  the 
city  shall  be  paid  monthly;  proznded,  Jwzcever,  that  laborers 
and  other  employees  whose  wages  are  fixed  by  the  day,  may  be 
paid  weekly,  if  the  Council,  by  ordinance,  shall  so  provide.  At 
the  expiration  of  each  month  the  board,  commission  or  officer 
having  the  management  or  control  of  any  department  or  office 
shall  cause  a  pay  roll  to  be  made  out  of  all  persons  employed  in 
such  department  or  office  during  the  preceding  month,  stating 
the  amount  of  the  compensation  of  such  persons  in  detail,  which 
said  pay  roll  shall  be  certified  as  herein  provided  in  the  case  of 
demands  against  the  city.  In  the  case  of  laborers  and  other 
persons  whose  wages  are  fixed  by  the  day,  and  payable  weekly, 
as  above  provided,  such  pay  roll  shall  be  so  made  out  and  certi- 
fied at  the  end  of  each  week  for  the  preceding  week.  Every 
such  pay  roll  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Auditor  and  shall  be 
accompanied  by  proper  demands  or  pay  checks  for  the  salary  or 
wages  of  each  person  specified  therein;  provided,  that  nothing 
in  this  article  contained  shall  be  deemed  to  affect  or  limit  the 
provisions  of  section  151  of  this  Charter. 

Sec.  219.  All  demands  approved  by  any  board,  commission 
or  officer  of  the  city  shall  be  presented  to  the  City  Auditor,  who 
shall  satisfy  himself  whether  the  money  is  legally  due  and  re- 

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mains  unpaid,  and  whether  the  payment  thereof  from  the  city 
treasury  is  authorized  by  law,  and  out  of  what  fund.  If  he  ap- 
prove it,  he  shall  endorse  upon  it  the  word  "approved,"  with 
the  name  of  the  fund  out  of  which  it  is  payable,  and  sign  his 
name  thereto;  provided  that  such  approval  by  the  City  Auditor 
shall  be  valid  only  for  such  amount  as  shall  have  been  approved 
by  the  board,  commission  or  officer  approving  the  same.  If,  in 
the  judgment  of  the  City  Auditor,  such  demand  should  be  al- 
lowed only  for  a  less  amount  than  approved  by  such  board,  com- 
mission or  officer,  or  if  he  shall  disapprove  said  demand,  he  shall 
transmit  the  same  to  the  finance  committee  of  the  Council. 

Sec.  220.  Any  demand  transmitted  to  the  finance  com- 
mittee of  the  Council  by  the  City  Auditor  shall  be  considered 
by  such  committee,  together  with  the  objections  of  the  City 
Auditor  thereto.  Such  demand  shall  be  reported  by  the  finance 
committee  to  the  Council  with  its  recommendations,  and  the 
Council  shall  consider  the  same  and  the  action  of  the  Auditor 
and  finance  committee  thereon. 

The  Council  may  overrule  or  sustain  the  objections  of  the 
City  Auditor  to  said  demand,  and  its  action  shall  be  endorsed 
thereon,  certified  by  the  signatures  of  the  president  of  the  Coun- 
cil and  City  Clerk,  and  the  demand  shall  thereupon  be  returned 
to  the  City  Auditor.  If  the  action  of  the  Council  is  to  overrule 
the  objections  of  the  City  Auditor  to  said  demand,  he  shall  make 
a  record  of  the  demand  as  in  the  case  of  demands  approved  by 
him;  if  the  action  of  the  Council  is  to  sustain  the  objections  of 
the  City  Auditor  thereto,  he  shall  file  said  demand. 

Sec.  221.  All  demands  against  the  fund  for  the  support  or 
maintenance  of  the  office  of  the  City  Auditor  shall,  before  pay- 
ment, be  presented  to  the  Mayor,  who  shall  have  the  same  pow- 
ers as  to  the  approval  or  disapproval  thereof  as  are  exercised 
by  the  City  Auditor  in  the  case  of  other  demands.  The  action 
of  the  Mayor  with  respect  thereto  shall  be  subject  to  review  by 
the  Council,  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

Sec.  222.     No  demand  can  be  approved  by  any  board  or 

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officer,  or  audited,  unless  it  specify  each  several  item,  with  the 
date  and  amount  thereof. 

Sec.  222-a.  No  payment  can  be  made  from  the  city  treas- 
ur}^,  or  out  of  the  public  funds  of  said  city,  unless  the  same  be 
specially  authorized  by  law  or  this  Charter,  nor  unless  the  de- 
mand which  is  paid  be  duly  audited  as  in  this  Charter  provided. 
The  term  "audited,''  as  used  in  this  Charter  with  reference  to 
demands  upon  the  treasury,  is  to  be  understood  to  mean  that 
said  demands  have  been  presented  to,  passed  upon  and  approved 
by  every  officer,  board,  commission  or  body,  as  required  by  this 
Charter,  or  that  the  objections  of  the  City  Auditor  have  been 
overruled,  as  herein  provided,  and  this  must  appear  upon  the 
face  of  the  paper  representing  the  demand,  or  else  it  is  not 
audited;  provided,  that  the  approval  or  rejection  in  whole  or 
part  of  a  demand  by  the  committee  on  finance  of  the  Council  is 
advisory  only  to  the  Council,  and  the  rejection  by  said  com- 
mittee of  a  demand  in  whole  or  in  part  does  not  of  itself  prevent 
its  being  duly  audited. 

Sec.  222-b.  No  demand  upon  the  treasury  shall  be  allowed 
by  the  City  Auditor  in  favor  of  any  person  or  officer  in  any 
manner  indebted  thereto  without  first  deducting  the  amount  of 
such  indebtedness,  nor  to  any  person  or  officer  having  the  collec- 
tion, custody  of  or  disbursement  of  public  funds,  unless  his  ac- 
count has  been  duly  presented,  passed,  approved  and  allowed,  as 
required  by  law  or  this  Charter ;  nor  in  favor  of  any  officer  who 
shall  have  neglected  to  make  his  official  returns  or  his  reports 
in  writing  in  the  manner  and  at  the  time  required  by  law  or  this 
Charter,  or  by  the  ordinances  or  regulations  made  in  pursuance 
thereof;  nor  to  any  officer  who  shall  have  neglected  or  refused 
to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Charter  or  ordi- 
nances of  the  city,  or  any  act  of  the  Legislature  regulating  the 
duties  of  such  officer,  on  being  required  in  writing  to  comply 
therewith  by  the  Mayor  or  the  president  of  the  Council  or  the 
City  Auditor;  nor  in  favor  of  any  officer  for  the  time  he  shall 
have  absented  himself,  without  lawful  cause,  from  the  duties  of 

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his  office  during  the  office  hours  prescribed  by  this  Charter  or  by 
ordinance,  and  the  City  Auditor  may  examine  any  officer  receiv- 
ing a  salary  from  the  treasury  on  oath  respecting  such  absence. 

Sec.  222-c.  The  City  Auditor  must  keep  a  record  of  all 
demands  on  the  treasury  approved  by  him,  or  his  objections  to 
which  have  been  overruled,  showing  the  number,  date,  amount, 
and  name  of  the  payee  thereof,  on  what  account  allowed,  and 
out  of  what  funds  payable,  and  it  shall  be  a  misdemeanor  in 
office  for  the  City  Auditor  to  deliver  any  demand  with  his  ap- 
proval thereon,  or  otherwise,  until  this  requisite  has  been  com- 
plied with. 

Sec.  222-d.  Every  lawful  demand  upon  the  treasury,  duly 
audited,  as  in  this  Charter  required,  shall  in  all  cases  be  paid  on 
presentation  and  canceled,  and  the  proper  entry  thereof  be  made, 
if  there  be  sufficient  money  in  the  treasury  belonging  to  the 
fund  out  of  which  it  is  payable;  but  if  there  be  not  sufficient 
money  belonging  to  said  fund  to  pay  such  demand,  then  it  shall 
be  registered  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  the  Treasurer  for  that  pur- 
pose, showing  its  number,  when  presented,  date,  amount,  name 
of  the  payee,  and  on  what  account  allowed,  and  out  of  what 
fund  payable;  and  being  so  registered,  shall  be  returned  to  the 
party  presenting  it,  with  an  endorsement  of  the  word  ''regis- 
tered," dated  and  signed  by  the  City  Treasurer.  All  registered 
demands  shall  be  payable  in  the  order  of  their  registration. 

Sec.  222-e.  Nothing  in  this  article  contained  shall  be  con- 
strued as  interfering  with  or  preventing  the  payment  by  the  City 
Treasurer  of  bonds  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  interest 
coupons  thereof,  in  accordance  with  the  constitution,  laws  and 
ordinances  authorizing  the  issuance  of  said  bonds. 

Sec.  222-f.  All  public  moneys  collected  by  any  officer  or 
employee  of  the  city  shall  be  paid  into  the  city  treasury,  without 
any  deduction  on  account  of  any  claim  for  fees,  commissions  or 
any  other  cause  or  pretense ;  and  the  compensation  of  any  officer, 
employee  or  other  j^erson  so  collecting  money,  shall  be  paid  by 


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demands  on  the  treasury,   duly   audited  as  other   demands  are 
audited,  and  paid. 

Sec.  222-g.  No  suit  shall  be  brought  on  any  claim  for 
money  or  damages  against  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  its  Board 
of  Education,  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Los  Angeles  Public 
Library,  Board  of  Public  Works,  or  Board  of  Public  Service 
Commissioners,  or  any  officer  or  board  or  commission  of  the 
city,  until  a  demand  for  the  same  has  been  presented,  as  herein 
provided,  and  rejected  in  whole  or  in  part.  If  rejected  in  part, 
suit  may  be  brought  to  recover  the  whole.  Nor  shall  suit  be 
brought  against  said  city,  or  any  board,  officer  or  commission 
thereof  upon  any  claim  or  demand  that  has  been  in  whole  ap- 
proved and  audited  as  provided  herein;  provided^  that  nothing 
herein  contained  shall  be  construed  so  as  to  deprive  the  holder 
of  any  demand  of  his  right  to  resort  to  writ  of  mandamus  or 
other  proceeding  against  the  City  Council,  or  any  board,  com- 
mission or  officer  of  said  city,  to  compel  it  or  him  to  act  upon 
such  claim  or  demand,  or  to  pay  the  same  when  so  audited. 


ARTICLE  XXII. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

Sec.  223.  The  indebtedness  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles 
must  not  exceed  three  per  centum  of  the  assessed  value  of  all 
taxable  real  and  personal  property  within  the  city,  exclusive  of 
any  indebtedness  that  has  been  or  may  hereafter  be  incurred  for 
the  purpose  of  acquiring,  constructing  or  completing  water- 
works, gas,  electric  light  and  power  works  or  plants,  wharves, 
docks,  piers,  warehouses  and  other  utilities  upon  the  water  front, 
harbor  improvements,  and  for  any  revenue-producing  public 
utility.  For  any  or  all  of  these  purposes  a  further  indebtedness 
may  be  incurred,  not  exceeding  twelve  per  centum  of  such  as- 
sessed value. —  [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  224.     In  any  action,  suit  or  proceedings  in  any  court 

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concerning  an  assessment  of  property,  or  levy  of  taxes,  author- 
ized by  this  act,  or  the  collection  of  any  such,  or  in  the  proceed- 
ings consequent  thereon,  such  assessment,  levy,  consequent  pro- 
ceeding, and  all  proceedings  connected  therewith,  shall  be  pre- 
sumed to  be  regularly  and  duly  done  or  taken  until  the  contrary 
is  shown;  and  when  any  proceeding,  matter  or  thing  is  by  this 
act  committed,  or  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  Mayor  and  Coun- 
cil, or  the  Council,  or  other  authorities  of  said  city,  such  discre- 
tion or  judgment,  when  expressed  or  declared,  is  final,  and  can- 
not be  reviewed  or  called  in  question  elsewhere. 

Sec.  225.  Real  property  when  sold  for,  or  to  satisfy  a  de- 
linquent assessment  or  tax,  must  be  sold  for  United  States  coin, 
and  not  otherwise;  and  any  one  applying  or  seeking  to  redeem 
property  so  sold,  as  in  this  Charter  provided,  must  pay,  or  offer 
to  pay,  the  sum  necessary  therefor  in  such  coin,  and  not  other- 
wise. 

Sec.  226.  In  all  prosecutions  for  violation  of  any  city  ordi- 
nance, rule  or  other  regulation  of  said  authorities,  whether  in 
the  court  of  original  jurisdiction  or  in  any  Appellate  Court,  it 
shall  be  unnecessary  to  plead  the  contents  of  the  same;  but  the 
court  before  which  the  prosecution  shall  be  pending  shall  take 
judicial  notice  of  such  ordinance,  resolution,  rule  or  other  regu- 
lation, and  of  the  contents  thereof;  and,  in  any  civil  action  or 
proceeding  to  which  the  said  corporation  is  a  party,  either  as 
plaintiff  or  defendant,  the  adoption  and  contents  of  any  ordi- 
nance, resolution,  by-law,  rule,  or  regulation  may  be  prima  facie 
proven  by  the  introduction  of  the  original  entry  thereof  on  the 
journal  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Council,  a  copy  of  such  entry, 
certified  by  the  City  Clerk  to  be  a  full,  true  and  correct  copy  of 
such  original  entry,  or  by  the  introduction  of  a  printed  copy 
thereof. 

Sec.  227.  All  acts  of  the  Legislature  relating  to  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  all  city  ordinances,  resolutions  and  other 
regulations  now  in  force  and  not  inconsistent  herewith,  shall  be 
and  remain  in  force  after  this  Charter  takes  effect  until  changed 

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or  repealed  by  the  proper  authority;  and  all  rights  vested  under 
any  former  act  or  regulation,  when  this  takes  effect,  shall  not 
thereby  be  lost,  impaired  or  discharged ;  and  all  actions  and  pro- 
ceedings commenced  in  any  court  wherein  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles  is  a  party,  shall  be  continued  under  the  law  existing 
when  said  action  or  proceedings  was  commenced ;  provided,  that 
whenever,  in  any  ordinance  or  resolution  hereby  continued  in 
force,  there  shall  be  imposed  duties  on,  or  powers  given  to  the 
clerk  of  the  Council,  such  duties  shall  be  performed  by  and 
such  powers  be  exercised  by  the  City  Clerk. 

Sec.  228.  This  Charter  shall  take  effect  immediately  on  its 
approval  by  the  Legislature,  as  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  228-a.  Whenever,  under  the  terms  of  this  Charter,  or 
under  the  provisions  of  the  constitution  or  of  the  general  laws 
of  the  State  of  California,  any  incorporated  city  or  town  shall 
be  consolidated  with  or  annexed  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and 
the  Charter  of  such  incorporated  city  or  town  shall  contain  any 
provision  or  provisions  restricting,  prohibiting  or  regulating  the 
sale,  distribution  or  giving  away  of  any  spirituous,  malt,  vinous 
or  alcoholic  liquors,  within  the  boundaries  of  such  city  or  town 
so  consolidated  with  or  annexed  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles, 
such  provision  or  provisions  shall,  upon  such  consolidation  or 
annexation  becoming  effective,  be  and  thereby  become  an  in- 
tegral part  of  and  take  effect  as  a  subdivision  of  the  Charter  of 
the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  but  only  for  the  purposes  in  this  section 
specified,  and  shall  operate  and  be  of  full  force  and  effect  in  the 
territory  of  such  city  or  town  so  consolidated  with  or  annexed 
to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  and  shall  govern  as  to  restricting, 
prohibiting  or  regulating  the  sale,  distribution,  or  giving  away 
of  spirituous,  malt,  vinous  or  alcoholic  liquors  within  such  terri- 
tory. No  such  provision  or  provisions  shall  be  altered  or  re- 
pealed except  by  the  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  electors  within 
such  territory,  voting  thereon  at  any  election  at  which  such 
question  shall  have  been  submitted  to  the  electors  within  such 
territory. —  [Amendment,   IQIL] 

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ARTICLE  XXIII. 

CIVIL   SERVICE. 

[Amendment,  1903.] 

Sec.  229.  Immediately  upon  the  adoption  of  this  article 
the  Mayor  shall  appoint,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Council, 
five  persons  known  by  him  to  be  devoted  to  the  principles  of 
civil  service  reform,  who  shall  constitute  and  be  known  as  the 
Board  of  Civil  Service  Commissioners. 

They  shall  serve  for  the  term  of  four  years  and  without 
compensation.  They  shall  so  classify  themselves  by  lot  that  one 
of  them  shall  go  out  of  office  at  the  end  of  one  year;  one  at  the 
end  of  two  years ;  one  at  the  end  of  three  years ;  and  two  at  the 
end  of  four  years.  Three  commissioners  shall  constitute  a 
quorum.  All  appointments  to  said  commission,  both  original 
and  to  fill  vacancies,  shall  be  made  by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  con- 
firmation by  the  Council,  and  shall  be  so  made  that  not  more 
than  three  members  shall  at  the  same  time  be  members  of  the 
same  political  party.  Said  commissioners  shall  hold  no  other 
office  or  public  employment. 

Sec.  230.  The  Mayor,  with  the  consent  of  the  Council, 
may  remove  any  commissioner  for  incompetency,  neglect  of 
duty  or  malfeasance  in  office. 

Sec.  231.  Said  commission  shall  classify  all  the  offices  and 
places  of  employment  mentioned  in  section  239  of  this  article 
with  reference  to  the  examination  herein  provided  for.  The 
offices  and  places  so  classified  by  the  commission  shall  constitute 
the  classified  civil  service  of  said  city;  and  no  appointment  to 
any  such  offices  or  places  shall  be  made  except  under  and  ac- 
cording to  the  rules  hereinafter  mentioned. 

Sec.  232.  Said  commission  shall  make  rules  to  carry  out 
the  purposes  of  this  article  and  for  the  examinations  and  ap- 
pointments in  accordance  with  its  provisions,  and  the  commission 
may,  from  time  to  time,  make  changes  in  such  rules. 

Sec.  233.     All  rules  made  as  hereinbefore  provided,  and  all 

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changes  therein,  shall  be  printed  for  distribution  by  said  com- 
mission. The  commission  shall  give  notice  by  publication  in  the 
official  paper  of  the  place  or  places  where  said  rules  may  be  ob- 
tained, and  in  such  publication  shall  be  specified  the  date,  not 
less  than  thirty  days  subsequent  to  the  date  of  such  publication, 
when  said  rules  shall  go  into  operation. 

Sec.  234.  All  applicants  for  office,  places,  or  employments 
in  said  classified  civil  service  shall  be  subject  to  examination, 
which  shall  be  public,  competitive  and  free  to  all  citizens  of  the 
United  States,  with  specified  limitations  as  to  residence,  age,  sex, 
health,  habits  and  moral  character.  Such  examinations  shall  be 
practical  in  their  character,  and  shall  relate  to  those  matters 
which  will  fairly  test  the  relative  capacity  of  the  persons  ex- 
amined to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  position  to  which  they  seek 
to  be  appointed,  and,  when  appropriate,  shall  include,  or  ex- 
clusively consist  of,  tests  of  physical  qualifications,  health  and 
manual  skill.  No  question  in  any  examination  shall  relate  to 
political  or  religious  opinions  or  affiliations.  The  commission 
shall  control  all  examinations,  and  may,  whenever  an  examina- 
tion is  to  take  place,  obtain  the  assistance  of  a  suitable  person 
or  number  of  persons  to  aid  it  in  preparing  for  and  conducting 
such  examinations. —  [Amendment,   1905.] 

Sec.  235.  Notice  of  time,  place  and  general  scope  of  every 
examination  shall  be  given  by  the  commission  by  publication  for 
two  weeks  preceding  such  examination  in  the  official  paper,  and 
such  notice  shall  also  be  posted  by  said  commission  in  a  con- 
spicuous place  at  the  City  Hall,  and  in  its  office,  two  weeks  be- 
fore such  examination.  Such  further  notice  of  examination 
shall  be  given  as  it  may  prescribe;  provided,  that  for  registra- 
tion in  the  class  of  unskilled  laborers  medical  or  physical  ex- 
aminations may  be  made  or  held  from  day  to  day  as  applicants 
present  themselves,  and  without  previous  notice. —  [Amendment, 
1905.] 

Sec.  236.  From  the  examinations  made  by  the  commission 
it  shall  prepare  a  register,  in  each  grade  or  class  of  position,  in 

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the  classified  civil  service,  other  than  that  of  unskilled  laborers 
employed  by  the  day,  of  the  persons  whose  general  average 
standing  upon  examination  for  such  grade  or  class  is  not  less 
than  the  minimum  fixed  by  the  rules  of  said  commission,  and 
who  are  otherwise  eligible,  and  such  persons  shall  take  rank 
upon  the-,  register  as  candidates  in  order  of  their  relative  excel- 
lence, as  determined  by  their  examination  without  reference  to 
priority  of  the  date  of  examination. 

The  commission  shall  also  keep  a  register  upon  which  shall 
be  entered,  in  the  order  of  their  application,  the  names  of  all 
who  apply  for  employment  in  the  class  of  unskilled  laborers, 
and  who,  after  such  medical  or  physical  examination  as  the 
board  may  prescribe,  are  found  to  be  capable  of  performing  in  a 
satisfactory  manner  the  duties  of  the  occupation  sought.  In 
case  any  registered  applicant  in  said  class  of  unskilled  laborers 
shall  be  employed,  and  subsequently  laid  off  or  dismissed  through 
lack  of  work,  or  through  no  fault  of  his  own,  that  fact  shall  be 
forthwith  certified  to  the  Board  of  Civil  Service  Commissioners 
by  the  head  of  the  department  in  which  such  laborer  was  em- 
ployed, and  he  shall  be  restored  to  his  original  place  upon  the 
register. —  [Amendment,  1905.] 

Sec.  237.  The  commission  shall  by  its  rules  provide  for  the 
promotion  in  such  classified  civil  service  on  the  basis  of  ascer- 
tained merit  and  seniority  in  service  and  examination,  and  shall 
provide  in  all  cases  where  it  is  practicable  that  vacancies  shall 
be  filled  by  promotion.  All  examinations  for  promotion  shall  be 
competitive  among  such  members  of  the  next  lower  rank  as 
desire  to  submit  themselves  to  such  examination;  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  commission  to  submit  to  the  appointing  power 
the  names  of  not  more  than  three  applicants  for  each  promotion 
having  the  highest  rating;  but  in  fixing  said  rating  a  uniform 
allowance  of  credits,  to  be  stated  at  the  time  of  the  announce- 
ment of  said  examination,  shall  be  made  for  each  year  of  past 
service.     The  method  of  examination  and  the  rules  governing 


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the  same,  and  the  method  of  certifying,  shall  be  the  same  as 
provided  for  applicants  for  original  appointment. 

Sec.  2373^.  Any  civil  service  employee  who  is  injured  in 
the  service  of  the  city  while  actually  engaged  in  the  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  his  position  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Board 
of  Civil  Service  Commissioners,  be  assigned  to  a  position  other 
than  that  for  which  he  has  been  examined,  and  with  or  without 
examination.  Said  commissioners,  upon  assigning  such  person 
so  injured  to  such  new  position,  shall  place  his  name  at  the  head 
of  the  eligible  list,  and  he  shall  thereafter  be  first  certified  for 
such  position.  The  Board  of  Civil  Service  Commissioners  shall 
not  place  such  person  so  injured  as  aforesaid  at  the  head  of  any 
eligible  list  without  carefully  examining  the  facts  of  each  case, 
and  making  its  finding  that  such  person  is  not  incompetent,  by 
reason  of  physical  or  other  disability,  to  fill  the  same.  Nothing 
in  this  provision  shall  be  construed  as  compelling  said  commis- 
sion to  take  the  action  herein  provided  for  unless  the  person 
injured  is,  in  the  judgment  of  said  commission,  of  good  moral 
character  and  worthy  of  receiving  the  benefits  hereof. — [Amend- 
ment, 1907.] 

Sec.  238.  The  head  of  a  department  in  which  position  in 
the  class  of  unskilled  laborers  employed  by  the  day  is  to  be 
filled  shall  notify  said  commission  of  that  fact,  and  said  com- 
mission shall  thereupon  certify  to  such  officer  or  board  the  name 
and  address  of  the  applicant  standing  first  in  order  on  the 
register  of  unskilled  laborers,  and  the  applicant  thus  certified 
shall  thereupon  be  employed  by  such  officer  or  board. 

The  head  of  a  department  in  which  a  position,  classified 
under  this  article,  except  a  position  in  the  class  of  unskilled 
laborers,  is  to  be  filled,  shall  notify  said  commission  of  that  fact, 
and  said  commission  shall  certify  to  such  officer  the  name  and 
address  of  one  or  more  candidates,  not  exceeding  three,  stand- 
ing highest  on  the  register  for  the  class  or  grade  to  which  said 
position  belongs.  In  making  such  certification,  sex  shall  be 
disregarded,  except  when  some  statute,  the  rules  of  said  com- 

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mission,  or  the  appointing  power  specify  sex,  said  appointing 
officer  or  department  shall  notify  said  commission  of  each  posi- 
tion to  be  filled  separately,  and  shall  fill  such  place  from  the 
names  certified  to  him  or  it  by  said  commission  therefor.  The 
candidate  thus  appointed  shall  be  employed  on  probation  for  a 
period  to  be  fixed  by  said  rules,  not  exceeding  six  months. 
Each  candidate,  unless  he  shall  be  sooner  appointed,  or  other- 
wise lawfully  cease  to  be  a  candidate,  shall  be  certified  for  ap- 
pointment in  the  grade  or  class  for  which  he  is  eligible  not  less 
than  three  times,  and  no  candidate  shall  lose  his  place  on  the 
register  by  certification  or  rejection,  except  that  said  commis- 
sion may  strike  off  names  of  candidates  from  the  register  after 
they  have  remained  thereon  more  than  two  years.  At  or  before 
the  expiration  of  the  period  of  probation,  the  head  of  the 
department  or  office  in  which  the  candidate  is  employed  may 
discharge  him  upon  assigning  in  writing  the  reasons  therefor 
to  said  commission.  If  he  is  not  thus  discharged  during  the 
period  of  probation,  his  appointment  shall  be  deemed  complete. 
To  prevent  the  stoppage  of  public  business,  or  to  meet  extraor- 
dinary exigencies,  the  head  of  any  department,  or  any  officer 
or  board  may,  under  such  regulations  as  the  commission  may  by 
its  rules  prescribe,  make  temporary  appointments  in  the  classified 
civil  service,  to  remain  in  force  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  and 
only  until  regular  appointment,  under  the  provisions  of  this 
article,  can  be  made. —  [Amendment,  1905.] 

Sec.  239.     The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  apply  to  the 
following  departments  of  the  city,  to-wit: 

The  Department  of  the  City  Clerk. 

The  Fire  Department. 

The  Treasurer's  Department. 

The  Tax  and  License  Collector's  Department 

The  Police  Department. 

The  Auditor's  Department. 

The  Assessor's  Department. 
'  The  Health  Department. 

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The  Department  of  Public  Works. 

The  Department  of  PubHc  Service. 

The  Library  Department. 

The  Park  Department. 

The  Department  of  PubHc  UtiHties. 

The  Harbor  Department. 

The  Playground  Department. 

All  other  employees  of  the  city. 

Provided,  that  the  following  shall  be  exempt  therefrom, 
to-wit : 

All  officers  elected  by  the  people. 

All  members  of  the  several  boards  and  commissions. 

The  Mayor's  Clerk. 

The  City  Clerk. 

The  Chief  of  Police  and  his  Secretary. 

The  Treasurer  and  his  chief  deputy. 

The  City  Engineer  and  his  chief  deputy. 

The  Assistant  Harbor  Engineer. 

The  Tax  and  License  Collector  and  his  chief  deputy  and 
cashier. 

The  chief  deputy  of  the  Auditor. 

The  City  Superintendent  of  Schools  and  his  assistants  and 
deputies,  and  all  teachers  and  employees  in  the  School  Depart- 
ment. 

The  assistants,  deputies,  clerks  and  stenographers  of  the 
City  Attorney. 

The  City  Prosecutor,  and  his  assistants,  deputies,  clerks  and 
stenographers. 

The  Librarian,  and  the  heads  of  the  several  departments 
in  the  Public  Library. 

The  Superintendent  of  Parks. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Park  Commission. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Police  Commission. 

The  Health  Commissioner. 

The  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department. 

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The  Chief  Engineer  of  Waterworks,  the  Water  Overseer, 
Auditor,  and  Cashier  of  the  Department  of  PubUc  Service. 

The  Electrical  Engineer. 

The  Engineer  and  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Public  Utilities. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners. 

The  Port  Warden  and  pilots. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Playground  Commission. 

The  Purchasing  Agent. 

The  Inspector  of  Public  Works. 

All  physicians  appointed  by  the  Health  Commissioner. 

All  officers  of  election. 

The  Police  Surgeon  and  assistant  police  surgeons. 

Any  of  the  following  persons  may  be  exenipted  from  the 
provisions  of  this  article,  upon  the  request  of  the  head  of  the 
department  in  which  they  are  employed,  by  order  of  the  Board 
of  Civil  Service  Commissioners,  approved  by  the  Council  by  res- 
olution passed  by  the  vote  of  two-thirds  (2-3)  of  all  its  mem- 
bers, to- wit:  (a)  The  first  and  second  deputies  in  any  depart- 
ment or  either  of  such  deputies  where  not  exempt,  as  above 
provided;  (b)  unskilled  laborers,  including  drivers;  (c)  persons 
employed  on  the  construction  of  public  works,  improvements  or 
buildings;  (d)  persons  employed  to  render  professional,  scien- 
tific, technical  or  expert  service  of  an  occasional  and  exceptional 
character.  Any  exemption  thus  made  may  be  terminated  at  any 
time  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Civil  Service  Commission- 
ers.— [Amendment,  1911.] 

Sec.  240.  The  officers,  members  and  employees  of  the 
Police  Department  shall  be  subject  to  removal,  discharge  or 
suspension  as  provided  elsewhere  in  this  Charter. 

The  officers,  members  and  employees  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment shall  be  subject  to  removal,  discharge  or  suspension  as 
provided  elsewhere  in  this  Charter. 

The  officers,  members  and  employees  of  the  Library  De- 
partment shall  be  subject  to  removal,  discharge  or  suspension 
as  provided  elsewhere  in  this  Charter. — [Amendment,  1911.] 

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Sec.  241.  Any  board,  commission  or  officer  having  the 
power  of  appointment  of  officers,  members  and  employees  in  any 
department  of  the  government  of  the  city,  shall  have  the  power 
to  remove  or  discharge  any  officer,  member  or  employee  of  such 
department;  but  no  person  in  the  classified  civil  service  of  the 
city,  other  than  an  unskilled  laborer  employed  by  the  day,  shall 
be  removed  or  discharged  except  for  cause,  which  shall  be 
stated  in  writing  by  the  board,  commission  or  officer  having  the 
power  to  make  such  removal  or  discharge,  and  filed  with  the 
Board  of  Civil  Service  Commissioners,  with  certification  that  a 
copy  of  such  statement  has  been  served  upon  the  person  so 
removed  or  discharged,  personally,  or  by  leaving  a  copy  thereof 
at  his  last  known  place  of  residence  if  he  cannot  be  found. 
Upon  such  filing  such  removal  or  discharge  shall  take  effect. 
Within  fifteen  days  after  such  statement  shall  have  been  filed, 
the  said  board,  upon  its  own  motion,  may,  or  upon  written 
application  of  the  person  so  removed  or  discharged,  filed  with 
said  board  within  five  days  after  service  upon  him  of  such 
statement,  shall  proceed  to  investigate  the  grounds  for  such 
removal  or  discharge.  If  after  such  investigation  said  board 
finds,  in  writing,  that  the  grounds  stated  for  such  removal  or 
discharge  were  insufficient  or  were  not  sustained,  and  also  finds 
in  writing  that  the  person  removed  or  discharged  is  a  fit  and 
suitable  person  to  fill  the  position  from  which  he  was  removed 
or  discharged,  said  board  shall  order  said  person  so  removed 
or  discharged  to  be  reinstated.  The  order  of  said  board  with 
respect  to  such  removal  or  discharge  shall  be  forthwith  certified 
to  the  appointing  board,  commission  or  officer,  and  shall  be 
final  and  conclusive.  If  the  Board  of  Civil  Service  Commis- 
sioners shall  order  that  any  person  removed  or  discharged  under 
the  provisions  of  this  section  be  reinstated,  as  above  provided, 
the  person  so  removed  or  discharged  shall  be  entitled  to  receive 
compensation  from  the  city  the  same  as  if  he  had  not  been 
removed  or  discharged  by  the  appointing  board,  commission 
or  officer. 

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The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  the  re- 
moval or  discharge  of  officers,  members  and  employees  in  the 
Police  Department,  in  the  Fire  Department,  and  in  the  Library 
Department;  but  the  officers,  members  and  employees  in  said 
departments,  respectively,  shall  be  subject  to  removal  and  dis- 
charge as  provided  elsewhere  in  this  Charter. —  [Amendment, 
1911.] 

Sec.  242.  Any  board,  commission  or  officer  having  the 
power  of  appointment  of  officers,  members  and  employees  in 
any  department  of  the  government  of  the  city  shall  have  the 
power  to  suspend  any  officer,  member  or  employee  of  such 
department;  but  no  person  in  the  classified  civil  service  of  the 
city,  other  than  an  unskilled  laborer  employed  by  the  day,  shall 
be  suspended  except  for  cause,  which  shall  be  stated  in  writing 
by  the  board,  commission  or  officer  having  the  power  to  make 
such  suspension,  and  filed  with  the  Board  of  Civil  Service  Com- 
missioners, with  certification  that  a  copy  of  such  statement  has 
been  served  upon  the  person  so  suspended,  personally,  or  by 
leaving  a  copy  thereof  at  his  last  known  place  of  residence  if 
he  can  not  be  found.  Upon  such  filing  such  suspension  shall 
take  effect.  Within  fifteen  days  after  such  statement  shall  have 
been  filed,  the  said  board,  upon  its  own  motion,  may,  or  upon 
written  application  of  the  person  so  suspended,  filed  with  said 
board  within  five  days  after  service  upon  him  of  such  state- 
ment, shall  proceed  to  investigate  the  grounds  for  such  sus- 
pension. If,  on  such  investigation,  said  board  finds  in  writing 
that  the  grounds  for  such  suspension  were  insufficient  or  were 
not  sustained,  said  board  shall  restore  the  person  so  suspended 
to  duty.  The  order  of  said  board  with  respect  to  such  suspen- 
sion shall  be  certified  to  the  appointing  board,  commission  or 
officer,  and  shall  be  final  and  conclusive;  provided,  that  the 
order  of  any  appointing  board,  commission  or  officer  suspending 
any  person  because  of  lack  of  funds  in  such  department  shall 
be  final,  and  shall  not  be  subject  to  review  by  said  Board  of 
Civil  Service  Commissioners. 

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If  the  Board  of  Civil  Service  Commissioners  shall  order 
that  any  person  suspended  under  the  provisions  of  this  section 
be  restored  to  duty,  as  above  provided,  the  person  so  restored 
to  duty  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  compensation  from  the  city 
the  same  as  if  he  had  not  been  suspended  by  the  appointing 
board,  commission  or  officer. 

The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  the  sus- 
pension of  officers,  members  and  employees  in  the  Police  De- 
partment, in  the  Fire  Department  and  in  the  Library  Depart- 
ment; but  the  officers,  members  and  employees  in  said  depart- 
ments, respectively,  shall  be  subject  to  suspension  as  provided 
elsewhere  in  this  Charter. —  [Amendment,   1911.] 

Sec.  243.  Immediate  notice  in  writing  shall  be  given  by 
the  appointing  powers,  to  said  commission,  of  all  appointments, 
permanent  or  temporar3\  made  in  such  classified  civil  service, 
and  of  all  transfers,  promotions,  resignations,  or  vacancies  from 
any  cause  in  such  service,  and  of  the  date  thereof,  and  a  record 
of  the  same  shall  be  kept  by  said  commission.  When  any  office 
or  place  of  employment  is  created  or  abolished,  or  the  compen- 
sation attached  thereto  altered,  the  officer  or  board  making 
such  change  shall  immediately  report  in  writing  to  said  com- 
mission. 

Sec.  244.  The  commission  shall  investigate  the  enforce- 
ment of  this  article  and  its  rules,  and  the  conduct  and  action 
of  the  appointees  in  the  classified  civil  service  in  this  city. 

Sec.  245.  Said  commission  shall  make  an  annual  report  to 
the  Mayor  for  transmission  to  the  Council.  The  Mayor  may 
require  a  special  report  from  said  commission  at  any  time. 

Sec.  246.  Said  commission  shall  appoint  a  secretary,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  keep  minutes  of  its  proceedings  and  a  record 
of  all  examinations  held  under  its  direction,  and  perform  such 
other  duties  as  the  commission  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  247.  All  officers  of  said  city  shall  aid  the  commission 
in  all  proper  ways  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  article. 

Sec.   248.     The   Council    shall    furnish   said   commissioners 


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with  suitable  offices  and  shall  provide  furniture,  books,  station- 
ery, blanks,  heat  and  light,  and  is  authorized  and  required  to  pay 
such  other  expense  as  may  be  necessarily  incurred  by  said  com- 
missioners in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  article. 

Sec.  249.  No  officer  or  other  person  shall  wilfully  or  cor- 
ruptly, by  himself  or  in  co-operation  with  one  or  more  other 
persons,  defeat,  deceive  or  obstruct  any  person  in  respect  to  his 
or  her  right  of  examination,  or  corruptly  or  falsely  mark,  grade, 
estimate,  or  report  upon  the  examination  or  proper  standing  of 
any  person  examined  hereunder,  or  aid  in  so  doing,  or  wilfully 
or  corruptly  furnish  to  any  person  any  special  or  secret  informa- 
tion for  the  purpose  of  either  improving  or  injuring  the  pros- 
pects or  chances  of  any  person  so  examined  or  to  be  examined, 
of  being  employed,  appointed  or  promoted. 

Sec.  250.  No  applicant  for  appointment  in  said  classified 
civil  service,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  shall  pay  or  promise 
to  pay  any  money  or  other  valuable  thing  to  any  person  what- 
ever for  or  on  account  of  his  appointment,  or  proposed  appoint- 
ment, and  no  other  officer  or  employee  shall  pay,  or  promise  to 
pay,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  any  money  or  other  valuable 
thing  whatever,  for  or  on  account  of  his  promotion. 

Sec.  251.  The  commission  shall  certify  to  the  Auditor  all 
appointments  to  offices  or  places  in  the  classified  civil  service,  or 
vacancies  occurring  therein,  whether  by  dismissal,  resignation 
or  death,  and  all  findings  that  a  person  shall  be  discharged  from 
the  classified  civil  service. 

Sec.  252.  The  Auditor  shall  not,  nor  shall  any  auditing  or 
accounting  officer  of  the  city,  approve  any  demand  for  the  sal- 
ary or  wages  of  any  person  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this 
article,  for  services  as  an  officer  or  employee  of  such  city,  before 
the  appointment  of  .such  person  to  the  classified  civil  service  has 
been  certified,  nor  after  the  commission  shall  have  certified  to 
the  Auditor  a  finding  made  or  approved  by  it  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  article,  that  such  person  be  discharged  from  the 
classified  civil  service. 

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Sec.  253.  All  officers  and  employees  who,  at  the  time  of 
taking  effect  of  this  article,  would  be  included  in  the  classified 
civil  service,  and  who  shall  have  been  continuously  in  the  service 
of  the  city  for  a  .period  of  six  months  prior  to  the  adoption  of 
this  article,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  the  necessary  qualifications 
required  by  the  provisions  hereof,  and  shall  retain  their  re- 
spective positions  until  removed  for  cause,  as  provided  herein. 
All  officers  and  employees  who,  at  the  time  of  the  taking  effect 
of  this  article,  would  be  included  in  the  classified  civil  service, 
but  who  have  been  in  the  service  of  the  city  for  a  period  of  less 
than  six  months,  shall,  during  the  period  of  six  months  from  and 
after  the  taking  effect  of  this  article,  be  deemed  to  be  serving 
under  probation  and  be  subject  to  the  same  regulations  as  other 
candidates  serving  under  probation,  as  hereinbefore  provided  in 
this  article. 

Sec.  254.  The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall 
have  power  to  pass  ordinances  imposing  suitable  penalties  for 
the  punishment  of  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  article. 


ARTICLE  XXIV. 

COXSOLIDATIOX    OF    DUTIES,     CITY    AND    COUNTY    OFFICERS. 

Sec.  255.  Whenever  it  shall  be  provided  by  law  that  any  of 
the  duties  now  performed  or  hereafter  to  be  performed  by  any 
officer  or  officers  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  may  be  performed 
by  any  officer  or  officers  of  the  County  of  Los  Angeles,  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles  may,  by  ordinance  ratified  by  vote  of  the  quali- 
fied electors  of  the  city  as  hereinafter  prescribed,  provide  that 
the  duties  of  such  city  officer  or  officers,  or  any  of  such  duties 
as  are  now  permitted  by  law  to  be  performed  by  such  county 
officer  or  officers,  may  be  performed  by  such  county  officer  or 
officers  of  the  County  of  Los  Angeles,  at  the  times  and  in  the 
manner,  and  to  the  extent  provided  for  by  law.    In  case  by  such 


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ordinance  all  the  duties  of  an  officer  of  the  city  are  devolved 
upon  an  officer  of  the  county,  then  upon  the  taking  effect  of 
such  ordinance  such  city  office  shall  cease  to  exist  while  such 
ordinance  remains  in  force,  but  shall  be  revived  by  the  repeal  of 
such  ordinance;  and  if  by  such  ordinance  only  a  part  of  the 
duties  of  an  office  are  so  devolved,  then  the  remaining  duties 
thereof  shall  be  performed  by  such  officer  as  may  be  designated 
for  that  purpose  by  such  ordinance,  and  the  office  shall  cease  to 
exist  while  such  ordinance  remains  in  effect,  but  shall  be  revived 
by  the  repeal  of  such  ordinance.  As  to  all  duties  so  performed 
by  any  county  officer,  he  shall  be  ex-ofUcio  an  officer  of  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles.  All  provisions  of  this  Charter  in  conflict 
herewith,  or  with  the  provisions  of  such  law,  or  with  such  ordi- 
nance, shall  be  suspended  during  the  time  that  such  ordinance 
remains  in  force  and  effect. —  [Amendment,  1905.] 

Sec.  256.  No  ordinance  passed  pursuant  to  the  last  pre- 
ceding section  shall  take  effect  until  it' shall  have  been  submitted 
for  ratification  by  the  voters  of  the  city  at  a  general  municipal 
or  special  election,  and  ratified  by  a  majority  of  all  votes  cast 
on  the  question  of  such  ratification.  No  such  ordinance  shall 
be  repealed  or  amended  until  the  repealing  or  amending  ordi- 
nance shall  have  been  submitted  for  ratification  by  the  voters 
of  such  city  at  a  general  municipal  or  special  election,  and  rati- 
fied by  a  majority  of  all  votes  cast  on  the  question  of  such 
ratification. — [Amendment,    1905.] 


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ARTICLE  XXV. 
[Amendment,   1909.] 

ANNEXATIONS,     CONSOLIDATION     OF     CITY     AND     COUNTY     GOVERN- 
MENTS,   ESTABLISHMENT    AND    GOVERNMENT    OF    BOROUGHS, 
HARBOR    IMPROVEMENT    BONDS. 

Sec.  257.  Whenever  it  shall  be  authorized  by  the  laws  of 
this  State,  it  shall  be  lawful,  under  the  Charter  of  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles,  to  annex  or  join  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  any 
contiguous  city  or  town  in  Los  Angeles  County,  incorporated 
under  the  general  laws  of  the  State,  or  existing  under  a  free- 
holders' charter,  or  any  contiguous  territory  in  said  county, 
within  any  part  of  which  the  whole  of  any  such  city  or  town 
may  be  included,  to  be  governed  under  the  Charter  of  the  City 
of  Los  Angeles,  and  the  question  of  annexation  or  joinder  to  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles  may  be  voted  upon  at  an  election  to  be 
called  and  held  as  provided  by  law. 

It  shall  also  be  lawful  to  consolidate  the  city  and  county 
governments  within  the  boundaries  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles 
as  now  or  hereafter  established  whenever  the  same  shall  be 
authorized  by  the  laws  of  this  state. 

Sec.  258.  A  borough  may  be  established  in  any  territory 
hereafter  annexed  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  containing  a  pop- 
ulation of  not  less  than  five  hundred  inhabitants,  whether  such 
territory  in  whole  or  in  part  was  or  was  not  included  within  the 
limits  of  any  incorporated  city  or  town  at  or  immediately  prior 
to  the  time  of  such  annexation,  in  the  manner,  with  the  powers 
and  subject  to  the  conditions  and  limitations  hereinafter  pro- 
vided : 

(a)  The  government  of  a  borough,  established  under  the 
provisions  of  this  Charter,  shall  be  vested  in  a  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, to  consist  of  five  members,  to  be  elected  by  the  qualified 
electors  of  such  borough,  and  the  other  officers  of  such  borough 

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to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  thereof,  as  hereafter 
provided. 

(b)  Whenever  a  petition  shall  be  presented  to  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  signed  by  at  least  fifty  per 
cent,  of  the  qualified  voters  residing  in  such  territory,  computed 
upon  the  number  of  votes  cast  at  the  last  general  State  election 
held  therein,  describing  the  boundaries  of  such  territory  and  pro- 
posed borough  and  stating  the  proposed  name  thereof,  and  pray- 
ing for  the  establishment  therein  of  a  borough  system  of  gov- 
ernment, the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  must 
without  delay  submit  to  the  voters  of  such  territory  the  ques- 
tion whether  such  proposed  borough  shall  be  established,  at  a 
special  election  to  be  called  and  held  for  that  purpose,  and  cause 
a  notice  of  such  election  to  be  published  in  a  newspaper  printed 
and  published  in  the  territory  embraced  within  such  proposed 
borough,  if  any  such  there  be,  at  least  once  a  week  for  a  period 
of  three  successive  weeks  next  preceding  the  date  of  such 
election.  If  there  be  no  such  newspaper,  such  notice  shall  be 
posted  for  the  same  period  in  at  least  five  public  places  in  such 
territory.  Such  notice  shall  particularly  describe  the  boundaries 
of  such  proposed  borough ;  shall  state  the  name  thereof,  and 
shall  require  the  voters  to  cast  ballots,  which  shall  contain  the 
.words,  "For  the  Establishment  of  the  Borough"  or  "Against 
the  Establishment  of  the  Borough,"  or  words  equivalent  thereto, 
and  also  the  names  of  the  persons  to  be  voted  for  to  fill  the 
office  of  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  such  proposed 
borough. 

Such  election  shall  be  called,  held  and  conducted,  and  the 
returns  thereof  shall  be  canvassed  and  the  result  thereof  de- 
clared by  the  City  Council,  in  all  respects  as  in  the  case  of 
general  municipal  elections  in  the  City  of  Los  Angeles.  If, 
upon  such  canvass,  it  appears  that  the  majority  of  the  votes 
cast  are  in  favor  of  the  establishment  of  such  borough,  the  City 
Council  shall,  by  an  order  entered  upon  its  minutes,  declare  such 
borough  duly  established,  with  the  name  thereof  stated  in  such 

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petition,  and  declare  the  five  persons  receiving,  respectively,  the 
highest  number  of  votes  for  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  such  borough  to  be  the  duly  elected  members  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  thereof,  and  thereupon  the  establishment  of  such  bor- 
ough shall  be  complete,  and  such  officers  shall  be  entitled  to 
enter  immediately  upon  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices,  upon  qualifying  in  accordance  with  law.  The 
trustees  elected  at  such  election  shall  hold  office  during  the  re- 
mainder of  the  period  for  which  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles  then  in  office  shall  have  been  elected,  and  th^ir  suc- 
cessors in  office  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified  voters  of  such 
borough  at  the  same  time  and  shall  serve  for  like  terms  as 
shall  be  provided  for  election  and  duration  of  the  term  of  office 
of  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 

Cc)  The  Board  of  Trustees  of  such  borough  shall  elect 
one  of  their  number  president,  and  shall  prescribe  by  rules  the 
time  and  place  of  their  meetings  and  of  their  manner  of  pro- 
cedure, and  they  shall  have  power  to  regulate  and  control  all 
local  municipal  affairs  throughout  the  said  borough,  excepting 
as  to  those  matters  and  things  where  jurisdiction  is  herein  con- 
ferred upon  or  reserved  to  the  City  of  Los  Angeles;  and  they 
shall  also  have  power  to  levy  a  general  tax  upon  the  taxable 
property  within  such  borough  for  borough  uses,  not  exceeding 
one  dollar  upon  each  one  hundred  dollars'  worth  of  taxable 
property,  according  to  the  assessed  value  thereof. 

The  said  Board  of  Trustees  of  any  borough  shall  also  have 
power  to  appoint  and  remove  an  attorney,  a  clerk,  a  treasurer, 
an  auditor,  a  recorder,  a  marshal  and  necessary  police  officers 
and  men,  and  such  other  officers,  agents  and  employees  as  they 
deem  necessary  to  conduct  said  borough  government;  provided, 
however,  that  the  powers  and  duties  of  assessor  and  tax  col- 
lector, respectively,  of  such  borough  shall  be  vested  in  and  be 
performed  by  the  Assessor-  and  Tax  Collector,  respectively,  of 
the  City  of  Los  Angeles.  In  case  it  shall  be  required  by  ordi- 
nance passed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  any  borough,  the  City 

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Treasurer  of   Los    Angeles   City   shall   perform   the    duties    of 
Treasurer  of  such  borough. 

Except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  any  borough  estab- 
lished under  this  Charter  shall  have  the  powers,  and  the  Board 
of  Trustees  and  officers  and  agents  thereof,  respectively,  shall 
have  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  now  or  hereafter  con- 
ferred or  imposed  by  the  general  laws  of  the  State  of  California 
upon  cities  of  the  sixth  class  and  the  officers  and  agents  thereof, 
respectively. 

(d)  The  qualified  voters  of  any  borough  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote  at  all  elections  for  officers  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  at  all  other  elections  affecting  property  in  such  borough. 

(e)  All  general  taxes  levied  and  collected  by,  or  for,  and 
on  account  of,  any  borough,  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  proper 
borough  treasurer,  except  as  hereafter  provided. 

All  property  within  any  borough  shall  be  taxable  for  the 
purpose  of  paying  the  principal  and  interest  of  any  bonded  or 
other  indebtedness  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  incurred  after 
the  annexation  of  the  territory  in  which  such  borough  is  located 
and  before  the  establishment  of  such  borough,  and  of  any  bonds 
issued  by  said  city,  under  the  provisions  of  section  262  of  this 
Charter,  after  such  annexation,  and  of  any  bonds  issued  for 
county  indebtedness,  in  case  of  the  consolidation  of  city  and 
county  governments.  All  taxes  upon  property  in  any  borough 
for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  principal  or  interest  of  bonds 
issued  by  such  borough,  or  of  bonded  or  other  indebtedness  of 
said  city  incurred  as  aforesaid,  or  of  bonds  issued  by  said  city, 
as  aforesaid,  under  the  provisions  of  section  262  of  this  Charter, 
shall  be  levied  and  collected  by  said  city  and  shall  be  paid  over 
to  the  Treasurer  of  said  city.  No  other  taxes  shall  be  levied 
or  collected  by  said  city  upon  property  within  such  borough ; 
provided,  however,  that  if  the  whole  or  any  part  of  such  bor- 
ough shall  heretofore  have  been  embraced  within  the  limits  of 
an  incorporated  city,  and  there  are  any  outstanding  bonds  or 
other    indebtedness    of   such    city    chargeable    against    property 

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within  such  borough,  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  have  power 
to  levy  and  collect  upon  such  property,  from  time  to  time,  such 
sums  as  shall  be  found  due  from  it  on  account  of  its  just  pro- 
portion of  liability  for  any  payment  on  the  principal  or  interest 
of  such  indebtedness,  and  to  pay  the  same  in  discharging  such 
liability;  and  provided^  further,  that  in  case  of  the  consolidation 
of  city  and  county  governments,  the  property  wdthin  any  such 
borough  shall  be  taxable  for  general  purposes  of  such  consoli- 
dated city  and  county,  subject,  however,  to  the  limitations  pre- 
scribed in  section  259  of  this  Charter. 

The  principal  and  interest  of  all  bonds  issued  by  any  bor- 
ough shall  be  paid  through  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Los 
Angeles. 

(f)  The  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  have  exclusive  juris- 
diction over  two  streets  or  highways  in  each  borough  which,  in 
themselves,  or  in  continuation  of,  or  in  connection  with,  other 
streets  or  highways,  extend  from  the  present  boundaries  of  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles  to  the  water  front  and  to  established  gov- 
ernment harbor  lines,  if  such  harbor  lines  shall  have  been  estab- 
lished at  such  water  front,  and  of  two  cross  streets  within  such 
borough  which  lead  to  any  docks,  wharves,  piers  or  navigable 
waters  in  such  borough,  which  streets  and  cross  streets,  and  the 
continuations  or  extensions  of  streets,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
selected  and  designated  by  ordinance  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles  as  harbor  highways.  The  City  of  Los  Ang- 
eles shall  have  exclusive  power  to  control  and  regulate  the  use, 
maintenance  and  repair  of  such  harbor  highways,  and  the 
making  of  excavations  therein,  and  to  open,  extend,  widen, 
straighten,  grade,  regrade,  macadamize,  remacadamize,  pave, 
repave,  establish  or  change  the  grade  of,  or  otherwise  improve 
the  same,  and  shall  also  have  exclusive  power  to  control  or 
acquire,  own,  construct  and  operate  water,  gas,  electric  lighting 
and  power  plants,  railroads,  street  railroads  and  electric  roads, 
and  to  grant  franchises  therefor  upon  and  over  such  harbor 
highways.     The  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  also  have,  through- 

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out  the  whole  of  said  city,  including  any  such  borough,  the 
exclusive  power  to  acquire,  construct,  own,  operate  and  main- 
tain docks,  wharves,  piers,  canals  and  sea  walls,  and  to  regulate 
and  control  navigable  waters,  anchorage,  wharfage  and  pilotage, 
and  shall  have  the  ownership,  possession  and  control  of  all  tide 
lands  and  submerged  lands  below  the  line  of  mean  high  tide, 
whether  filled  or  unfilled,  and  of  all  water  front  within  the 
limits  of  said  city;  provided,  that  not  exceeding  1000  feet  of 
water  frontage  continuous  in  one  body,  within  any  such  borough, 
with  any  wharves,  docks,  piers  or  other  improvements  thereon 
or  to  be  placed  thereon  under  authority  of  any  such  borough, 
together  with  the  adjoining  co-terminus  tide  land  or  submerged 
land,  is  hereby  reserved  for  the  uses  of  such  borough,  and 
such  borough  shall  have  jurisdiction  over  such  1000  feet  of 
frontage  and  such  improvements  thereon  and  such  co-terminus 
tide  land  or  submerged  land  for  municipal  purposes,  and  shall 
designate  such  frontage  by  ordinance  within  sixty  days  after 
the  organization  of  the  first  Board  of  Trustees  of  such  borough ; 
provided,  however,  that  such  frontage  so  designated  shall  not 
include  any  portion  of  water  frontage  or  lands  theretofore  im- 
proved by  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  except  by  consent  of  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles  given  by  ordinance  adopted  by  its  City 
Council;  and  provided,  further,  that  such  frontage  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  all  rights  of  way  for  highways,  railways,  street  and  other 
railroads,  as  may  be  determined  from  time  to  time  by  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 

Sec.  259.  Whenever  the  consolidation  of  city  and  county 
governments  of  the  territory  within  the  City  of  Los  Angeles 
becomes  effective,  the  City  Council,  or  its  successor  in  office,  of 
the  consolidated  city  and  county  of  Los  Angeles  shall  also  ex- 
ercise the  powers  of  a  Board  of  Supervisors,  including  the 
power  to  levy  and  collect  taxes,  as  may  be  authorized  by  law, 
upon  all  property  within  such  consolidated  city  and  county ; 
provided,  that  in  any  borough,  if  any  there  be,  embraced  in  such 
consolidated  city  and  county,  not  exceeding  one-half  of  the  per- 

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centage  of  the  levy  of  taxes  for  general  purposes  of  such  con- 
solidated city  and  county,  shall  be  levied  and  collected  from 
property  in  such  borough.  In  all  other  respects  such  borough 
shall  continue  to  exist  and  be  governed  as  hereinbefore  provided 
in  this  article. 

Sec.  260.  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  City  Attorney  of 
Los  Angeles,  the  public  interests  require  him  so  to  do,  he  shall 
be  authorized,  and  whenever  directed  by  the  City  Council  of  Los 
Angeles,  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  commence  and  prosecute  all 
actions  and  proceedings  in  the  name  of  the  city  to  recover  pos- 
session of,  or  to  determine  adverse  claims  to,  any  highway, 
street,  alley,  water  frontage,  tide  land  or  other  property  held 
for  or  dedicated  to  any  public  use. 

Sec.  26L  The  City  of  Los  Angeles  shall  have  power  to 
provide  for  opening,  improving,  constructing  or  maintaining 
streets,  highways  or  other  means  of  public  transportation  to 
navigable  waters  within  the  said  city,  and  acquiring  the  neces- 
sary land  therefor  by  purchase  or  condemnation,  and  for  con- 
structing and  maintaining  canals  and  waterways  between  such 
navigable  waters  and  any  such  streets,  highways  or  means  of 
transportation,  and  acquiring  the  necessary  land  therefor,  by 
purchase  or  condemnation,  and  for  acquiring  or  constructing 
docks,  wharves,  warehouses,  railroads  and  railroad  terminals  at 
the  harbor,  to  be  owned  and  operated  by,  or  on  behalf  of  the 
city,  and  acquiring  the  necessary  land  therefor  by  purchase  or 
condemnation,  and  may  incur  indebtedness,  and  issue  bonds 
therefor. — [Amendment,  1913.] 


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ARTICLE  XXVI. 
[Amendment,  1911.] 

PLAYGROUND    DEPARTMENT. 

Sec.  263.  There  is  hereby  established  a  department  of  the 
government  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  be  known  as  the 
Playground  Department,  which  shall  be  under  the  management 
and  control  of  a  board  of  five  commissioners,  to  be  known  as  the 
Board  of  Playground  Commissioners. 

Sec.  264.  The  members  of  the  Board  of  Playground  Com- 
missioners shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirma- 
tion by  a  majority  of  the  Council.  All  such  appointments  shall 
be  made  so  that  not  more  than  three  of  said  commissioners  shall 
be  of  the  same  sex.  The  members  of  said  board  shall  serve 
without  compensation,  and  shall  hold  office  for  four  years,  and 
until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualify;  provided,  hozv- 
ever,  that  the  five  members  first  appointed  hereunder  shall  so 
classify  themselves  by  lot  that  one  shall  go  out  of  office  on  the 
first  Monday  in  January,  1912,  one  on  the  first  Monday  in 
January,  1915,  one  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1914,  and 
two  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1915.  If  any  vacancy 
occur  the  Mayor  shall  fill' the  same  for  the  unexpired  term,  sub- 
ject to  confirmation  by  a  majority  of  the  Council. 

Sec.  265.  The  Board  of  Playground  Commissioners  shall 
organize  by  electing  one  of  their  members  president,  who  shall 
hold  office  for  one  year,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected,  unless 
his  membership  on  the  board  sooner  expires.  The  board  shall 
maintain  an  office,  to  be  provided  by  the  Council,  for  the  trans- 
action of  the  business  of  the  Playground  Department.  Said 
board  shall  hold  regular  meetings  at  least  once  in  each  week. 
The  board  shall  appoint  a  secretary,  not  a  member  of  the  board, 
who  shall  receive  such  salary  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordi- 
nance. He  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  its  proceedings,  specifying 
therein  the  names  of  the  commissioners  present  at  all  the  meet- 
ings, giving  the  ayes  and  noes  upon  all  votes,  and  shall  also 

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keep  a  full  account  of  all  property,  money,  receipts  and  ex- 
penditdres  of  the  said  department. 

Sec.  266.  The  Playground  Department  shall  consist  of  a 
Superintendent  of  Playgrounds,  and  such  other  officers,  assist- 
ants and  employees  as  the  Council  shall  by  ordinance  determine. 
The  salaries  of  all  officers  and  employees  of  the  Playground 
Department  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Council  by  ordinance.  All 
appointments,  suspensions  and  removals  in  the  department  shall 
be  made  by  the  Board  of  Playground  Commissioners,  subject 
to  such  civil  service  regulations  as  are  now  or  may  hereafter 
be  in  force. 

Sec.  267.  All  children's  playgrounds,  recreation  centers  and 
summer  camps  now  or  hereafter  owned  or  controlled  by  the 
City  of  Los  Angeles,  either  within  or  without  its  limits,  shall  be 
under  the  exclusive  control  and  management  of  the  Board  of 
Playground  Commissioners. 

Sec.  268.  The  Board  of  Playground  Commissioners  shall 
have  charge,  superintendence  and  control,  under  such  ordi- 
nances as  may  from  time  to  time  be  adopted  by  the  Council, 
of  the  design,  construction,  maintenance  and  use  of  all  build- 
ings and  other  improvements  upon  playgrounds. 

Sec.  269.  The  Board  of  Playground  Commissioners  shall 
prescribe  the  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the 
department,  and  fix  and  enforce  the  penalties  for  their  violation. 

Sec.  270.  The  Board  of  Playground  Commissioners  may, 
for  and  on  behalf  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  receive  donations, 
legacies  or  bequests  for  the  improvement  or  maintenance  of  said 
playgrounds,  or  for  the  acquisition  of  new  playgrounds,  and  all 
moneys  that  may  be  derived  from  such  donations,  legacies  or 
bequests  shall,  unless  otherwise  provided  by  the  terms  thereof, 
be  deposited  in  the  treasury  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  the 
credit  of  the  playground  fund.  The  same  may  be  drawn  there- 
from and  paid  out  only  in  the  manner  provided  for  the  pay- 
ment of  moneys  legally  appropriated  for  the  support  and  im- 
provement of  such  playgrounds.     If  the  moneys  derived   from 

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such  gifts,  bequests  or  legacies  shall  at  any  time  exceed  in 
amount  the  sum  necessary  for  immediate  expenditure  On  said 
playgrounds,  the  board  may  invest  all  or  a  part  of  the  surplus 
in  interest-bearing  bonds  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  State 
of  California  or  of  any  county,  municipality  or  school  district 
thereof.  As  to  all  such  property,  the  Board  of  Playground 
Commissioners  shall  be  deemed  and  considered  to  be  a  special 
trustee  thereof  for  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 

Sec.  271.  The  Council  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance,  to 
set  aside  for  playground  purposes  any  lands  now  or  hereafter 
owned  or  controlled  by  the  city  and  not  held  for  or  devoted  to 
any  other  public  use. 

Sec.  272.  The  Council  shall,  for  the  acquisition,  develop- 
ment and  maintenance  of  children's  playgrounds,  appropriate 
annually  such  an  amount  as  may,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Coun- 
cil, be  necessary  or  proper,  and  the  amount  so  appropriated 
shall  be  credited  to  the  playground  fund. 

Sec.  273.  The  Board  of  Playground  Commissioners,  the 
Superintendent  of  Playgrounds,  and  all  other  officers  and  em- 
ployees of  the  Playground  Department  shall  have  such  further 
powers  and  perform  such  further  duties  as  may  be  granted  or 
imposed  by  ordinance. 


ARTICLE  XXVIL 
[Amendment,  191L] 

MUNICIPAL    ART    COMMISSION. 

Sec.  274.  There  is  hereby  established  a  commission  of  the 
government  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  be  known  as  the 
Municipal  Art  Commission. 

Sec.  275.  The  Municipal  Art  Commission  shall  be  com- 
posed of  the  following  persons,  to-wit:  The  Mayor,  ex-oMcio, 
the  Chief  Inspector  of  Buildings,  cx-officio,  the  City  Engineer, 
ex-oMcio,  five  citizens,  to  be  appointed  by  the   Mayor,   subject 

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to  confirmation  b}^  a  majority  of  the  Council;  and  in  all  matters 
within  the  cognizance  of  said  commission  pertaining  to  any 
department  of  the  government  of  the  city,  the  president  of  the 
board  or  commission  having  charge  of  such  department,  or 
other  head  of  such  department,  shall  act  as  a  member  of  said 
commission.  The  appointive  members  of  said  commission  shall 
serve  without  compensation.  They  shall  be  selected  by  the 
Mayor  without  regard  to  sex,  and  shall  be  known  to  him  as 
having  special  knowledge  or  skill  in  the  fine  or  applied  arts. 

Sec.  276.  The  appointive  members  of  the  Municipal  Art 
Commission  shall  hold  office  for  four  years  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  appointed  and  qualified;  provided,  however,  that  the 
five  appointive  members  of  said  commission  first  appointed  here- 
under shall  so  classify  themselves  by  lot  that  one  shall  go  out 
of  office  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1912,  one  on  the  first 
Monday  in  January,  1913,  one  on  the  first  Monday  in  January, 
1914,  and  two  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1915.  If  any 
vacancy  occur  in  the  appointive  members  of  the  said  commis- 
sion, the  Mayor  shall  fill  the  same  for  the  unexpired  term,  sub- 
ject to  confirmation  by  a  majority  of  the  Council. 

Sec.  277.  The  Municipal  Art  Commission  shall  organize 
by  electing  a  president,  a  vice-president  and  a  secretary  from  its 
own  members,  who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  and  until  their 
successors  are  elected,  unless  their'  membership  on  said  com- 
mission sooner  expires.  Said  commission  shall  have  power  to 
adopt  rules  for  its  own  government  and  procedure,  and  shall 
hold  meetings  as  often  as  may  be  prescribed  by  such  rules.  Six 
members  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness. 

Sec.  278.  The  Council  shall  provide  suitable  offices  for  the 
use  of  the  Municipal  Art  Commission,  and  shall  provide  funds 
for  the  maintenance  and  expenses  of  the  commission,  the  amount 
to  be  fixed  annually  in  the  budget. 

Sec.  279.  Hereafter  no  work  of  art  shall  become  the  prop- 
erty of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  by  purchase,  gift  or  otherwise, 

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unless  such  work  of  art  or  the  design  of  the  same,  together  with 
a  statement  of  the  proposed  location  of  such  work  of  art,  shall 
first  have  been  submitted  to  and  approved  by  the  Municipal  Art 
Commission  by  a  majority  vote  thereof;  nor  shall  any  work  of 
art,  until  so  approved,  be  erected  or  placed  in  or  upon,  or  al- 
lowed to  extend  over  or  upon  any  municipal  building,  street, 
avenue,  or  other  public  place  or  ground  belonging  to  or  under 
the  control  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  excepting  parks.  The 
said  commission  may,  when  it  deems  proper,  also  require  a  com- 
plete model  of  the  proposed  work  of  art  to  be  submitted  to  such 
commission.  The  term  ''work  of  art"  as  used  in  this  article 
shall  apply  to  and  include  all  paintings,  mural  decorations, 
stained  glass,  statues,  bas-reliefs  and  other  sculptures,  monu- 
ments, fountains,  arches,  gates,  and  other  structures  of  a  per- 
manent character  intended  for  ornament  or  commemoration. 
No  existing  work  of  art  belonging  to  or  in  the  possession  of 
the  city  shall  be  removed,  relocated  or  altered  in  any  way  with- 
out the  like  approval  of  the  commission.  The  design  of  no 
public  building,  bridge,  approach,  fence,  retaining  wall,  lamp, 
lamp  post,  or  other  similar  structure  proposed  to  be  erected  by 
or  under  the  authority  of  the  city  upon  any  land  or  in  any 
place  belonging  to  or  under  the  control  of  the  city  shall  be 
adopted  by  any  board,  commission,  or  officer  having  charge, 
superintendence  or  control  of  the  design  or  construction  thereof, 
unless  such  design  shall  have  been  first  submitted  to  and  ap- 
proved by  the  Municipal  Art  Commission  by  a  majority  vote 
thereof.  No  arch,  bridge,  structure  or  approach  belonging  to 
any  private  individual  or  corporation  shall  be  permitted  to 
extend  over,  into  or  upon  any  street,  avenue,  highway  or  other 
public  place  belonging  to  or  under  the  control  of  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles,  other  than  parks,  unless  the  design  and  location 
thereof  shall  have  first  been  approved  by  the  Municipal  Art 
Commission  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

Sec.  280.     If  the  said  commission  shall  fail  to  decide  upon 
any  matter  submitted  to  it  within  fifteen  days  after  such  sub- 

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mission,  its  decision  shall  be  deemed  unnecessary;  provided, 
hozcever,  that  the  time  for  such  decision  may  be  extended  by 
the  Council  by  resolution. 

In  the  event  that  the  immediate  removal  or  relocation  of 
any  existing  work  of  art  owned  or  controlled  by  the  city  is 
deemed  necessary  by  the  board  or  officer  of  the  city  having  the 
charge  or  custody  thereof,  the  said  commission  shall  within  two 
days  after  notice  in  writing  from  such  board  or  officer,  approve 
or  disapprove  such  removal  or  relocation,  and  in  case  said  com- 
mission shall  fail  to  so  act  within  two  days  after  the  receipt  of 
such  notice,  it  shall  be  deemed  to  have  approved  of  the  same. 

Sec.  281.  There  may  be  expended  for  art  productions,  to 
be  selected  by  said  Art  Commission  and  placed  in  public  build- 
ings, grounds  or  parks  of  the  city,  such  amount  as  the  Council 
may  determine,  and  such  amount  may  be  included  in  the  annual 
budget  for  that  purpose.  The  word  ''productions"  shall  be  held 
to  include,  among  other  works  of  art,  mural  paintings  or  decora- 
tions which  artists  may  be  employed  to  put  on  the  walls  of 
public  buildings,  mosaic  and  stained  or  painted  glass. 

Sec.  282.  The  Municipal  Art  Commission  shall  have  such 
further  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  granted 
or  imposed  by  ordinance. 


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Abattoirs,  City  may  establish  and  maintain 2  4  11 

Absence   from   office 8  ...  30 

Absence    from    office,    effect    of    on    salary    pay- 
ments     222b  ...  179 

Accounts   and   Accountings 43  ...  43 

Alleys  (see  Streets). 

— Structures   over    2  49  27 

Almshouses,  City  may  establish  and  maintain.  .  .     2  4  11 
Amusements,    Private,    City    may    regulate    and 

license     2  21  17 

Amusements,    Public,    City    may    establish    and 

maintain     2  4  11 

Animals,  care,  maintenance  and  licensing  of .  .  .  .   36g  ...  39 

Animals,  dead.  City  may  collect  and  dispose  of .  .     2  27  17 

Annexations    257  . . .  197 

Annual  Reports,  officials  to  make 58  ...  55 

Annual   Reports,   Council   may   require  by  ordi- 
nance    59  ...  57 

Aqueduct,  Los  Angeles,  control  of 146^4    •  •  •  87 

Art   Commission,    Municipal 275  . . .  206 

Art  Galleries,  City  may  establish  and  maintain..     2  4  11 

Art  Gifts,  acceptance  of 279  ...  207 

Ashes,  City  may  collect  and  dispose  of 2  27  18 

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Assembly  Halls,  City  may  establish  and  maintain     2 

Assessments — 

— Municipal  purposes,  tax  for 2 

— Proceedings  not  subject  to   review 224 

— Procedure   for  making 46 

— Public  improvements,  districts  and  frontage     2 

— Regularity  of  proceedings 224 

— Water  system,   municipal 2 

Assessor — 

— Annual    report    58 

— Bond,    amount    of 61 

—Duties 46 

— Election    4 

— Failure  to  collect  taxes 46 

— Salary,  amount  of 65 

— Term   of  office 5 

Attorney,  City — 

— Annual    report    58 

— Assistants     49 

— Bond,    amount    of 61 

— Duties,    general    49 

— Duties,  recovery  of  property 260 

— Election    4 

— Qualifications     49 

— Salary,  amount  of 65 

— Term   of  office ; 5 

Audited,  definition  of 222a 

Auditor,  City — 

— Annual    report    58 

— Bond,  amount  of 61 

— Duties,     general 43 

— Election    4 

— Monthly   report    43 


11 


18 

16 

182 

46 

19 

16 

182 

20 

16 

5 

55 

59 

46 

29 

47 

61 

29 

2 

55 

50 

59 

49 

203 

29 

49 

61 

29 

179 

6 

56 

59 

43 

29 

44 

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Auditor,  City  (continued)  — 

— Salary,    amount    of 65 

— Term   of  office 5 

Automobiles  (see  Vehicles). 


61 
29 


Ballots  (see  Elections). 

Banners,  erection  and  display  of 32 

Baths,  Public,  City  may  establish  and  maintain.  .  2 

Billboards,  City  may  regulate  and  license 2 

Billiard    Halls,    Public,    City   may    regulate    and 

license     2 

Boards    and    Commissions 47 

— Annual  reports   59 

Bonds,  Contractors — 

— Approval  of  by  City  Council 17 

— City  Attorney  to  approve  as  to  form 49 

— City  officials  not  to  act  as  sureties  on 17 

Bonds,  Municipal — 

— City  may  incur  indebtedness  by  issuance  of.     2 
— Interest  and  principal  on,  payment  of.  ...  .  .222e 

Bonds,  Official — 

— Amounts   of    61 

— Approval   of    62 

— Council's  powers    63 

— Execution  of  62 

— Mayor's  duties   64 

— Premium,  certain  paid  by  city 61 

— Surety   on    62 

Boroughs — 

— Establishment  and  government  of 258 

— Taxation   of    259 


..  37 

4  11 

21  17 

21  17 

..  48 

57 

..  33 

3  50 

..  33 

29  18 

..  180 


59 
60 
60 
59 
60 
59 
59 


197 
202 


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Boulevards,  streets  may  be  set  apart  as 36f  ...  39 

Boundaries,   City 1  ...  1 

Brickyards,  City  may  regulate  and  license 2  21  17 

Bridges,  City  may  join  in  construction  of 2  14  15 

Buildings,  Public — 

— Board  of  Public  Works  to  have  control  of .  146  4  87 

— City  may  establish  and  maintain 2  4  11 

— Council  to  provide  for 2  28  18 

—Height   of    30a  ...  36 

— Regulations,   City   may   provide 24  ....  34 

Buildings,  Private — 

— Construction   of    .- 30  ...  36 

—Height  of 30a  ...  36 

— Height  of,  question  to  voters 30a  ...  36 

— Repair,   alteration   and   removal 147  ...  88 

Building  Superintendent — 

— Board  of  Public  Works  to  succeed 50a  ...  52 

Butcher  Shops— 

— City  may  regulate  and  license 2  21  17 


Campaign   Contributions,   regulation   of 36i      ...       40 

Cattle  Corrals — 
— City  may  regulate  and  license 2         21       17 

Celebrations — 

— Council  may  make  appropriations   for 32       ...       37 

Cemeteries — 

— City  may  establish  and  maintain 2  4       17 

Charities — 

— Almshouses,  City  may  establish  and  maintain     2  4       17 

— Bequests  for,  City  may  receive  and  manage     2         16       15 

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Charities   (continued)  — 

— Charitable    Institutions,    City   may    establish 

and   maintain 2  4  11 

— Sick,  indigent  and  helpless.  City  may  pro- 
vide for 2  5  11 

Charter,  effective  upon  approval  by  Legislature . 228  ...  18v3 

Churches,  entrances  to.  City  may  regulate 24  ...  34 

Circuses,  City  may  regulate  and  license 2  21  17 

City  and  County  Government,  consolidation  of. 257  ...  197 

City  and  County  Offices,  consolidation  of 255  ...  196 

City  and  County  Offices,   consolidation  election .  256  . .  .  196 

City  Boundaries    1  ...  1 

City  Limits,  jurisdiction  outside  of 2  35  20 

City   Planning   Commission 36h  ...  39 

Civil  Service — 

— Applicant  not  to  make  payment  on  account 

of  appointment   250  . .  .  194 

— Applicants  for  employment  to  take  examina- 
tion      234  ...  185 

— Applicants,   qualifications    234  . .  .  185 

— Appointments,    to  be  reported  to  commission .  243  .  .  .  193 

— Appointments,  temporary    238  .  .  .  188 

— Appointments,  probationary    period 238  ...  188 

— Appointments,  commissioners    to    certify    to 

auditor    251  ...  194 

— Charter  amendments,  effect  of  on  employes 

on  probation    253  . . .  195 

— Commissioners    to    control 229  .  .  .  184 

— Departments   subject   to 239  . .  .  188 

— Departments  not  subject  to 239  ...  189 

— Discharges  and  removals,  procedure 241  ...  191 

— Employe,  injured,  may  be  assigned  to  an- 
other   position     2373/2  . . .  187 


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Civil  Service  (continued) — 

— Employe,   injured,   status  of 237^    ...      187 

— Employe,  injured,  commissioners  to  investi- 
gate case   237^    . . .     187 

— Employes  subject  to 239       .  . .      188 

— Employes  and  officials  not  subject  to 239       ...      190 

— Examination,   misconduct   at 249       .  .  .      194 

— Examinations,  commissioners  to  make  rules 

for  conduct  of 232       . .  .      184 

— Examinations,  certain,  held  without  notice. 235       ...      185 
— Examinations,  commissioners  to  keep  regis- 
ter of  persons  taking 236       . . .      185 

— Examinations,  commissioners  to  control ....  234        ...      185 
— Examinations,   questions   asked   not  to   bear 

on   politics   or   religion 234       . . .      185 

— Examinations,  time  and  place  of  to  be  pub- 
lished   and   posted 235       . . .     185 

— Examinations,   unskilled  laborers 236       ...      186 

— Examinations,  what  to  consist  of 234       . .  .      185 

— Exemption,  commissioners  may  terminate.  .239       ...      190 
— Exemption,  Council  may  provide  by  resolu- 
tion     239       ...     190 

— Exemption,   first   and   second   deputies   may 

be  exempted    239       ...     190 

— Exemption,  what  offices  subject  to 239       ...     190 

— Exemption,  procedure  for  securing 239       . . .      190 

Fire   Department   employes,   discharges,    re- 
movals and  suspensions 110       ...       75 

— Laborers,  unskilled,  employment  of 238       . . .      187 

— Laborers,  unskilled,  may  be  exempted 239       ...      190 

— Library    Department    employes,    discharges, 

removals   and   suspensions 88       ...       68 

— Office  or  position,  change  in  to  be  reported 

to   commission    243       . . .     193 

— Offices     and     positions,     commissioners     to 


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Civil  Service    (continued)  — 

classify     23 1 

— Offices   and   positions,   appointments   subject 
to  Civil  Service  rules 231 

— Penalties  for  violation  of  Civil  Service  pro- 
visions      254 

— Persons   employed  on   public   work  may   be 
exempted     239 

— Police  Department  employes,  discharges,  re- 
movals  and  suspensions ; .  .   93 

— Professional,    scientific,    technical    or   expert 
.  service  exempted    239 

— Promotions,  commissioners  to  provide  for.  .237 

— Promotions,   examination  and  procedure .  .  .  237 

— Removals  and  investigations 242 

— Rules    and    regulations,    commissioners    to 
adopt  and  publish 233 

— Salaries  and  wages,  employe  not  to  receive 
before    certification    252 

— Vacancies,  commissioners  to  certifv  to 251 


184 

184 

195 

190 

71 

190 
186 
186 
192 

184 

194 
194 


Civil  Service  Commission — 
— Annual  report,  commissioners  to  make ....  245 

— Appointments  to  be  made  by  Mayor 229 

— Commissioners,  Civil  Service,  Board  of.... 229 
— Commissioners,  Mayor  may  remove  when.  .230 

— Commissioners,  powers  and  duties 232 

— Commissioners,    qualifications    229 

— Commissioners,   term   of  office 229 

— Compensation,  to  serve  without 229 

— Expenses,  Council  to  authorize  and  pay... 248 

— Office,  Council  to  provide 248 

— Quorum,  three  commissioners  to  constitute .  229 
— Report,  special.  Mayor  may  require  at  any 
time     245 


193 
184 
184 
184 
184 
184 
184 
184 
194 
193 
184 

193 


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Civil  Service  Commission   (continued)  — 

— Secretary,   appointment  and    duties 246 

— Term  of  office  to  expire  on  successive  years .  229 

Claims  and  Demands  against  City 216 

Clerk,  City — 

— Annual    report 58 

— Appointment  of  by   Mayor 6 

— Bond,    amount    of 61 

— Duties,    general 42 

— Duties,    general    20 

— Elections,  duty  at  (see  Elections). 

—Subpoenas,    to    issue 60 

— ^Term  of  office 9 

— To  issue  all  licenses 42 

Combustibles,  City  may  regulate  keeping  of .  . .  .  27 
Comfort  Stations,  Public,  City  may  regulate  and 

maintain 2 

Commerce  and  Navigation — 

— Harbor,  City  to  control  at 2 

— Outside,  City  to  control 2 

— Within  City,  inter-city  and  inter-state 2 

Commissions    and    Boards 47 

Condemnation — 

— City  may  acquire  property  by 2 

— City  may  acquire  property  by 261 

Conduits — 

— City  may  construct  and  maintain .  2 

— City  may  levy  assessments  to  pay  for 2 

— City  may  regulate  and  control 2 

— Ordinance    regulations    31 

Consolidations — 

— City  and  County  governments 257 

— City  and  County  offices 255 


10 


193 
184 

176 

56 
29 
59 
42 
33 

58 
30 
42 

35 
11 


10 

14 

35 

20 

9 

14 

48 

16 

15 

203 

11 

14 

19 

16 

11 

14 

36 

197 

. . 

195 

8 


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Consolidations   (continued) — 

— Cities   and    fowns Ihl 

— Council  to  succeed  lioard  of  Supervisors.  .  .259 
— Election    256 

Contracts — 

— Affidavit  to  accompany  bid 207b 

— Approval  of  by  City  Attorney  as  to  form.  .207 

— Authorization  for  entering  into 207 

— Bidder  to  furnish  security 207a 

— Bidder,  lowest,  contract  to  be  let  to 207a 

— Bids,  certified  check  or  bond  to  accompany .  207a 

— Bids,    rejection    of 207a 

— Bids,  request  for  to  be  published 207a 

— Bids,  when  not   required 207a 

— Bond  to  accompany  bid 207a 

— Bond  Funds,  payments   from 207 

— Bonds,  City  Attorney  to  approve  as  to  form  49 

— Bonds,   Council  to  approve 17 

— Bonds,   Councilmen   and  officials   not   to   be 

surety  on .    17 

— City  officials  not  to  be  interested  in 18 

— Contractor,  delinquent,  bid  of  to  be  rejected. 207a 

— Emergency  purchases   . . . , 207d 

— Failure  to  enter  into,  forfeiture  for 207a 

— Five  Hundred  Dollars,  involving  less  than.207d 
— Five  Hundred  Dollars,  involving  more  than. 207a 
— Library   Board,   excepted  from  procedure.  .207 

— Materials  and  Supplies,   purchase  of 207d 

— Monthly   expenditures    for ." 207c 

— Patented    Articles    207a 

— Property,  Real,  leasing  and  purchasing  of.  .207a 
— Services,  professional,  scientific  and  technical  .207a 
— Thousand  Dollars,  One,  involving  more  than .  207 

— Urgent   necessity,   work   of 207 

— With  owners  of  public   utilities v .  .  .     2 


7d 


197 
202 
196 

169 
167 
167 
168 
169 
168 
168 
168 
169 
168 
168 
50 

z-h 

ZZ 
ZZ 
168 
171 
168 
170 
168 
168 
170 
170 
169 
169 
169 
168 
167 
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Convention  Halls,  City  may  establish  and  main- 
tain          2 

Corporate  Powers    2 

Corporate  Seal   2 

Council,  City — 

— Contracts,  not  to  enter  into 18 

— Crematories,  control  of  outside  of  city 2 

— Elections,  Council  to  be  judge  of 21 

— Exercise  powers  by  ordinance 2 

— Franchise  granting 2 

— Governing  Body  of  City 13 

— Instructions  to  Boards,  except  Civil  Service  11a 

— Jurisdiction  outside  the  City 2 

— Legislation,  enactment  of  by  ordinance ....   24 
— Legislation,  enactment  of  by  ordinance ....   36i 

— Legislation,   procedure    12 

— Legislative  power  vested  in 12 

— Majority   vote,   when   required 16 

— Meetings,  City  Clerk  to  be  present  at 19 

— Meetings,  to  be  held  daily 13 

— Meetings,  to  be  held  at  City  Hall 14 

— Meetings,  to  be  public 20 

— Members,   election   of 4 

— Members,  eligibility  to  office 203 

— Members,  nine  in  number 13 

— Members,  officers  of  municipality 3 

— Members,  not  eligible  to  other  offices 11 

— Members,   salaries    65 

— Members,  term  of  office 5 

— Municipal  power,  to  exercise 2 

— Nine    divisions    of 11a 

— Oaths,   administration   of 60 

— Officials,  duties  of,  Council  to  prescribe ....   22 
— Ordinances,  legislation  by 22 


4  11 
.  10 
1   10 


35 

39 
40 


35 


36 


33 
20 
34 
21 
21 
32 
31 
20 
34 
39 
32 
32 
33 
33 
32 
32 
33 
29 
155 
32 
28 
31 
61 
29 
20 
31 
58 
34 
34 


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Council,  City  (continued)  — 

— Ordinances,  legislation  by 36i 

— Ordinances,    enacting   clause 15 

— Ordinances,   effective   when 39 

— Ordinances,   procedure   after   passage Z7 

— Ordinances,  passage,  procedure,  additional.   Z7 

— Ordinances,    publication    of 39 

— Ordinances,  two-thirds  vote,  when  required  16 
— Ordinances,  unanimous  vote,  when  required  39a 
— Ordinance,  validity  of  when  not  signed  by 

Mayor    38 

— Ordinances,  veto,  reconsideration  after 37 

— Powers,  exercise  to  pubHc  welfare 2 

— Presiding  Officer,  Council  to  elect 21 

— Presiding  Officer,  to  act  as  Mayor  when. .  .   21 

— Quarantine  regulations   2 

— Quorum,  six  members  to  constitute 16 

— Rates,  to  fix 2 

— Subpoenas,  issuance  and  service  of 60 

— Tax  levy.  Council  to  fix 213 

— To  enforce,  police  and  sanitary  regulations.     2 
— To  maintain  an  efficiency  Fire  Department.     2 

— To  provide  quarters  and  supplies 23 

— Two-thirds   vote,   when   required 16 

— Unanimous  vote,   when   required 39a 

— \'acancy,  Council  to  fill  by  appointment. . .  .197 
— Witnesses,   examination  of 60 

County  Clerk — 

— Great  Register,  to  furnish  to  City  Clerk .  . .  205 
— Registrations    and    transfers    for    municipal 
elections    204 

Coupons  and  Bonds,  how  paid 222e 


Zl 


35 


30 


34 

25 


39 
32 
41 
40 
40 
41 
33 
41 

41 
40 
20 
34 
34 
20 
32 
18 
58 

176 
20 
17 
34 
33 
41 

134 
58 


156 

156 
180 


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Courts,  Police — 

—Clerks   of,    duty 102 

— Fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures 103 

— Judicial  power  of  City  vested  in 97 

— ^Jurisdiction,  exclusive   100 

— Jurisdiction,  exclusive,  public  offenses 101 

—Office  Hours   106 

— Office  Supplies  and  Records 104 

— Powers 99 

— Sessions 98 


Crematory — 

— City  may  establish  and  maintain, 
— Outside  of  city  limits , 


4 

35 


74 
74 
73 
7Z 
74 
74 
74 
72> 
7Z 

11 

20 


Damages,    claims    for 222g 

Dance  Halls,  City  may  regulate  and  license. ...     2 

Dead  Animals.     Collection  and  disposal........     2 

Deeds — 

— Tax,  payments  for,  method 225 

— Records  to  be  kept  of 45 

Demands — 

— Absence  from  office.  Auditor  to  examine  into .  222b 
— Account,  approval  of  before  payment  from. 222b 

— Action,  records  to  be  kept 220 

— Approval  of  by  department 217 

— Approval,  procedure  after. , 217 

— Auditing,   procedure    222a 

— Auditor  to  approve  if  legal .219 

— Auditor  may  disapprove,   when 219 

— Auditor,  approval  and  auditing  of  by 43 

— Auditor  to  keep  record  of 222c 

— Auditor's  Fund,  demands  against  to  be  ap- 
proved  by   Mayor 221 


21 

27 


181 
17 
17 

182 
45 

179 
179 
178 
177 
177 
179 
178 
178 
44 
180 

178 


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Demands   (continued) — 

— Claims    against    City 222g 

— Coupons  and  Bonds,  not  payable  by 222e 

— Finance  Committee,  consideration  of  by.  . .  .220 

— General    provisions    222d 

— Indebtedness  to  City  to  be  deducted  from.  .222b 

— Items,  to  be  specified  on 222 

— ]\Iandamus  proceedings,   may   lie  to   compel 

payment     222g 

— Money,  to  be  deposited  in  City  Treasury  by.222f 

— Official  reports  to  be  made  on 222b 

— Registered,   payment   of 222d 

— Salaries,  to  be  paid  by 218 

— Wages,  to  be  paid  by 218 


181 
180 
178 
180 
179 
179 

181 
180 
179 
180 
177 
177 


Detention  Homes — 

— City  may  establish  and  maintain 2  4  11 

— Commitments  may  be  made  to 2  31  19 

Disbursing  Agent — 

— Appointment     151  ...  89 

—Bond    151  ...  89 

—Duties    151  ...  89 

—Salary    151  ...  90 

Dispensaries,  City  may  establish  and  maintain..     2  4  11 
Diseases,  Contagious,  Infectious  and  Malignant — 

Regulations,  enforcement  of 2  6  11 

Dogs — 

— Care,  maintenance  and  licensing  of 36g  ...  39 

Education,  Board  of — 

— Election    of   members 4  ...  29 

— Meetings    72>  ...  62 

— Meetings,    proceedings,     record    of    to    be 

public    74  ...  62 


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Education,  Board  of  (continued) — 

— Meetings,   public    74 

— Members,  compensation    ' 70 

— Members,   election    4 

— Organization    and   rules 72 

— Powers   and   duties 76 

— School  Department,  Board  to  govern 69 

— School   Fund,   demands   against 77 

— Successors  in  office 71 

— Superintendent,  Board  to  appoint 7 

— Superintendent,  powers  and  duties 78 

— Term  of  office  of  members 5 

— Vacancies,  Board  to  fill 75 

— Vacancies,  to  be  filled  by  appointment 197 

Elections — 
— Absence    from    employment,    two    hours    to 

vote    206q 

— Ballots,    form   of 206p 

— Ballots,  sample  of  to  be  mailed  to  voters.  .  .  198n 

— Ballots,  unused  to  be  destroyed 200a 

— Ballots,  wording  of  for  initiative  or  refer- 
endum      198k 

— Campaign  contributions,  regulation  of 36i 

— Candidates,  qualification  and  nomination  of. 206a 
— Charter    provisions,    substantial    compliance 

with  sufficient 206w 

— Consolidation    of    199a 

— Contest,  procedure  206v 

— General  municipal    195 

— General  provisions   199 

— Initiative,   The    198a 

—Kinds  of    194 

— Limitations    of    expense 2 

— Nomination    petitions    205a 


33 


62 
62 
29 
62 
63 
62 
63 
62 
30 
64 
29 
62 
134 


163 
163 
146 
154 

144 

40 

157 

167 
153 
166 
133 
152 
135 
133 
19 
156 


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Elections  (continued J  — 

— Officers  of,  Council  to  appoint 2 

— Officers,  City,  to  hold  office  until  successor 

qualifies    206 

— Offices,  to  be  filled  at 4 

— Offices,  vacancies  in.  Council  to  fill 197 

— Offices,  vacancies  in,  election  to  fill 197 

— Ordinances  calling,  provisions  of 200 

— Ordinances,  may  be  submitted  at 198 

— Petitions,   initiative   and  referendum 198b 

— Petition,  nominating 206d 

— Precincts,   consolidation   of 199a 

— Primary,  nominating   206a 

— Propositions  may  be  submitted  at 198 

— Qualified  electors  only,  eligible  to  office.  . .  .206a 

— Questions  may  be  submitted  at 198 

—Recall,  The   198p 

— Recount,    procedure    206u 

— Registration    and    transfers 204 

— Registers,  use  of 205 

—Referendum,    The 198f 

— Returns,    canvass   of 201 

— Special  elections,  procedure  for  conducting.  199 

— State  laws,  application  of  to 202 

— Supplies,  City  Clerk  to  provide 200a 

— Term   of  office 5 

— Term  of  office,  commencement  of 196 

— Tie  vote,   recount   on 206t 

— Transfers  and  registrations 204 

— Voter  entitled  to  two  hours  from  duty .....  206q 

Elections,  General  Municipal — 

— Ballots,    form    of 206p 

— Candidates  at,  who  shall  be 206o 

— Offices  to  be  filled  at,  elective 195 


33   19 


156 
29 
134 
134 
153 
134 
135 
158 
153 
157 
134 
157 
134 
146 
165 
155 
156 
140 
154 
152 
155 
154 
29 
134 
164 
155 
163 


(4) 


163 
162 
133 


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Elections,  General  Municipal   (continued)  — 
— Officers  of,  same  as  at  primary  nominating . 

— Ordinance  may  be  submitted  at 

— Polling   places,    same    as    at   primary   nomi- 


— Propositions  may  be  submitted  at, 
— Questions  may  be  submitted  at .  . , 

— Term   of  office 

— Term  of  office,  commencement  of, 

— Vacancies,  Council  to  fill 

— Vacancies,  to  fill  by  election 

— When  to  be  held 


Sec.  Sub.  Page 

206b 

...  157 

198 

..  134 

206b 

..  157 

198 

..  134 

198 

..  134 

5 

..   29 

196 

..  134 

197 

..  134 

197 

..  134 

195 

..  133 

Elections,  Initiative,  The — 

— Affidavits  to  accompany  petitions 198b  . . .  135 

— Arguments,  Council  not  to  spend  money  for 

printing    198d  .  .  .  139 

— Arguments  may  be  submitted  to  electors.  . .  198d  . . .  139 

— Arguments  may  be  filed  with  City  Clerk.  .  .  198d  . . .  139 

— Arguments,  who  may  file 198d  . . .  139 

— Ballots,  sample  of  to  be  mailed  to  voters.  .  .  198n  . . .  146 
— Ballots,    wording    on,    initiative    and    refer- 
endum     198k  ...  144 

— City   Clerk,   may  employ   extra  help  to   ex- 
amine   petitions    198b  . . .  136 

— Civil  Service  rules  not  to  apply  to  employ- 
ment of  extra  help 198b  . . .  136 

— Council  may  submit  ordinance  at  elections.  .198c  . .  .  137 

— Council  may  submit  ordinance  to  electors. .  198  ...  134 
— Council  may  not  amend  or  repeal  initiative 

ordinance     198e  ...  140 

— Council  to  declare  result  of  election 198e  . . .  139 

— Council,  ordinance  to  be  passed  by 198c  (a)  137 

— Election,  general  municipal,  when  ordinance 

submitted  at 198c  (a)  138 


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fe' 


Elections,  Initiative,  The  (continued)  — 

— Election,  special,  when  ordinance  submitted 

at     198c  (b)  138 

— Election,  when  to  be  held,  fifteen  per  centum 

signers    198c  . . .  137 

— Election,  when  to  be  held,  five  per  centum 

signers    198c  (b)  138 

— Electors,   may   withdraw    names    from   peti- 
tions     198b  . . .  137 

— Electors,  ordinance  to  be  submitted  to,  when. .  198c  (a)  137 
— Electors,  qualified,  petitions  must  be  signed 

by    198a  ...  135 

— Ordinance,   effective  when 198e  . .  .  139 

— Ordinance,  majority  vote,  when  required. ..  198e  ...  139 

— Ordinance,  passage  of  by  Council 198c  (a)  137 

— Ordinance,    repeal    of 198e  . . .  140 

— Ordinance,  subject  to  referendum. 198c  (b)  138 

— Ordinance,  submission  of  to  voters  by  peti- 
tion     198c  (a)  138 

— Ordinances,    submission    of    to    electors    by 

Council    198e  ...  140 

— Ordinance,  to  be  set  forth  in  full  in  petition. .-.  198a  .  .  .  135 

— Ordinance,  veto  of  by  Mayor 198c  (a)  137 

—Petition,  City  Clerk  to  certify  to 198b  ...  136 

— Petition,  examination  of  by  Clerk 198b  . .  .  136 

—Petition,  form  of 198b  ...  135 

— Petition,  insufficiency  of 198b  . . .  136 

— Petition,  name  of  signer,  may  be  withdrawn.  198b  .  .  .  137 

—Petition,  to  be  filed  with  City  Clerk 198a  ...  134 

— Per  centum  of  electors  required  to  sign  peti- 
tion      198a  ...  135 

—Per  centum,  fifteen,  less  than 198c  (b)  138 

— Per  centum,  five,  not  less  than 198c  (b)  138 

— Presentation  of  petition  to  Council 198b  . .  .  138 

— Referendum,  ordinance  subject  to 198c  (b)  138 

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Elections,  Initiative,  The  (continued) — 

— Special  election,  when  may  be  called 198c 

— Sufficiency  of  petition  not  subject  to  review 

by  Council   198b 

— Sufficiency  of  petition.  Clerk  to  certify  to..  198b 
— Supplemental  petition,  when  may  be  filed.  .  .198b 
— V'eto  of  ordinance 198c 

Elections :     Primary  Nominating — • 

— Amendment  of  petition 206g 

—Ballots,    form   of 206k 

— Ballots,  name  may  be  written  in 206m 

— Candidates,  designation  of,  on  ballots 2061 

— Candidates,  names  of,  alphabetical  order  on 

ballots 2061 

— Candidates,  to  be  nominated  at 206a 

— Candidates,  when  nominated 206o 

— Certificate  of  nomination 206o 

— City  Clerk  to  examine  petition 206f 

— Contests    206t 

— Death  of  candidate 206s 

— Filing  of  petition 206f 

— Form  of  petition 206c 

— Majority  vote  at,  elects  candidate 206n 

— Nominees,    withdrawal    of 206i 

— Nominees,  publication  of  list  of 206j 

— Officers  of,  same  as  at  general  municipal , . .  206b 
— Party  affiliation  not  to  be  shown  on  ballots. 2061 

— Petitions,  what  to  contain 206d 

— Petitions,   form  of 206c 

— Petitions,   signatures  on 206e 

— Petitions,  not  to  be  withdrawn 206h 

— Polling  places   206b 

— Qualified  electors  only  eligible 206a 

— Recall,  charter  provisions  which  do  not  apply. 206r 


(a)  138 


137 
136 
136 
137 


(a) 


160 
161 
162 
161 

161 
157 
162 
163 
160 
164 
163 
159 
158 
162 
160 
161 
157 
161 
158 
158 
159 
160 
157 
157 
163 


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Elections:     Primary  Nominating  (continued)  — 
— Recount,  procedure  when  not  sufficient  votes .  206u 

— Regulating  amounts  expended 36i 

— Result,  Council  to  declare 206o 

— Signatures,   when  may  be   withdrawn   from 

petitions 206i 

— Tie  votes,  recount  on 206v 

— Unexpired  term  to  be  designated  on  ballots. 2061 

— ^\'oting  machines,  ballots  for 206k 

—When  to  be  held 206b 

— Withdrawal  of  names  from  petitions 206i 


165 

3V 

163 

160 
166 
162 
161 
157 
160 


Elections:     Recall,  The — 

— Appointive  officer,  procedure  for  removal  of .  198w  ...  151 
— Appointive  officer,  status  of  pending  election .  198x  ...  152 
— Appointive  officer,  status  of  after  removal. .  198x  ...  152 
— Appointive  officer,  may  be  removed  as  other- 
wise provided  by  law 198y  . .  .  152 

— Appointive  offices,  application  to 198p  .  .  .  146 

—Ballots,  contents  of 198q  ...  148 

— Candidates,  nomination  of  by  petition 198u  ...  150 

— Election,  charter  provisions  appHcable  to..l98v  ...  151 

— Election,  Council  to  call  special 198p  3  147 

— Election,  Council  to  declare  result  of 198s  . . .  149 

— Election,   incumbent  may   present   statement 

to   electors    198r  ...  148 

— Election,  when  to  be  held 198p  3  147 

— Elective  officer,  status  of  pending  election ..  198s  ...  149 

— Elective  officer,  status  of  after  removal ....  198t  ...  150 

— Petition,  to  be  signed  by  electors 198p  1  146 

— Petition,  to  state  ground  for  removal 198p  1  147 

—Petition,  when  to  be  filed 198p  1  147 

—Petition,  to  be  filed  with  City  Clerk 198p  2  147 

— Petition,  to  be  presented  to  City  Council . .  .  198p  3  147 


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Elections:     Referendum,  The — 

— Arguments,  Council  not  to  spend  money  for 

printing    198o 

— Arguments,  may  be  submitted  to  electors.  .  .  198o 
— Arguments,  may  be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk. .  198o 

— Arguments,  who  may  file 198o. 

— Ballots,  sample  to  be  mailed  to  voters.  .....  198n 

— Ballots,  wording  on 198k 

—Certificate  of  City  Clerk 198h 

— Council  may  submit  ordinance  to  electors.  .  198f 

— Election,  when  to  be  held 198i 

— Election,  submission  of  ordinance  at 198i 

—Fifteen   per    centum    of   electors,    less    than 

signing     198i 

— Initiative  provisions  apply  to 198h 

— Insufficiency  of  petition 198h 

— Insufficiency  not  amendable  after  30  days.  .  198h 

— Majority  vote   required 198f 

— Ordinance,  amendment  to,  procedure 198j 

— Ordinance,  conflict  of  provisions 1981 

— Ordinance,  effective  when 198h 

— Ordinance,  effect  of  petition  on 198m 

— Ordinance,  number  of  may  be  submitted.  ..  1981 

— Ordinance,  subject  to  referendum 198g 

— Percentage   of   signatures   on   petition,   how 

determined 198a 

— Petition,  may  be  amended,  when 198h 

— Petitions,  several  may  be  filed 198h 

— Sufficiency   of   petition 198h 

— Repeal  of  ordinance,  how  effected 198j 

— Ten  per  centum  of  electors 198i 

Electrical  Engineer — 
— Officer  of  municipality 3 


146 
146 
146 
146 
146 
144 
142 
140 
142 
142 

143 
141 
142 
142 
140 
144 
145 
141 
145 
145 
141 

135 
142 
142 
142 
144 
143 


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Electricity — 

— City  may  supply  to  inhabitants 2  7  12 

— City  may  supply  surplus  to  other  municipal 

corporations    2  8  13 

— City  may  supply  surplus  to  users  outside  city     2  8  13 
— Conduits  for,  City  may  levy  assessments  to 

pay    for    2  19  16 

— Electric  power,  sale  of 2  41  22 

— Electric   power,   sale   of,   election,   when   re- 
quired         2  41  23 

Electric  light  and  power,  fixing  of  rates 155  (2)      93 

— Elevated  roads   (see  Franchises) 2  43  24 

Employment  Bureaus,  Free — 

— City  may  establish  and  maintain 2  4  11 

Engineer,  City — 

— Annual  report    58  11  56 

—Appointment     143h  ...  84 

— Appointment     48  ...  49 

— Bond,  amount  of 61  ...  59 

— Custodian  of  fee  records 48  4  48 

—Duties    48  ...  48 

—Duties,   additional    143h  ...  84 

— Fees   and  outside   work 48  ...  48 

— Field  records  property  of  City 48  5  49 

—Term  of  office 143h  ...  84 

Entertainment,  Public,  Buildings  for — 

— City  may  establish  and  maintain 2  4  11 

Equalization,  Board  of — 

— Assessment  list  to  be  transmitted  to  Council. 212  .  .  .  174 

— Council  to  act  as 212  .  .  .  174 

— Meetings   to  be   public 212  .  .  .  174 

— Powers    and   duties 212  . .  .  174 

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Equalization,  Board  of  (continued) — 

— Refunds   and   excess 46       ...       47 

— Tax  levy,  Council  to  fix 213       . .  .      176 

Establishments,  Public — 
— City  may  establish  and  maintain 2  4       11 

Excavations — 
— Board  of  Public  Works  to  superintend.  ...  146  1       87 

Explosives — 
— City  may  regulate  keeping  of 27       ...       35 


Farm  Schools,  City  may  establish  and  maintain.     2  4       11 

Farms,  municipal,  City  may  establish  and  main- 
tain      2  4       11 

Farms,  Work,  City  may  establish  and  maintain.     2  4       11 

Fees — 

— Officials  not  to  be  compensated  by 67  ...  61 

—Officials  not  to  claim 222f  ...  180 

— To  be  deposited  in  City  Treasury 68  ...  61 

Finances,  City — 

— Annual  report  on  by  Auditor 43  ...  44 

— Auditor  to  keep  account  of 43  ...  43 

— Claims    and    demands 208  . . .  173 

Finance  Committee — 

— Action  of,  advisory  to  Council  only 222a     ...      179 

— Demand,  to  be  referred  to 219       . . .     178 

Financial  Statements — ■' 
— Annual    estimates    to    be    filed    with    City 

Auditor  in  April 209       ...     173 

— Annual    estimates.   Auditor    to   transmit   to 

City  Council    210       ...     173 

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INDEX  Sec. 

Financial  Statements  (continued) — 

— Budget,  appropriation  to  be  raised  by  tax 
levy    211 

— Budget,  appropriations,  ordinance  levying 
tax  to  be  adopted 213 

— Budget,  City  Council  to  adopt  by  resolution. 211 

— Budget,  Council  to  provide  a  general  ex- 
pense   fund    211 

— Budget,  Alayor  may  veto  in  whole  or  in  part.  .211 

— Budget,  two-thirds  vote  required  to  over- 
come veto    211 

— Budget,  to  be  filed  with  City  x\uditor 211 

— Claims  and  demands  against  City  to  be  paid 
on   demand   forms 216 

— Claims  and  demands  to  be  approved  before 
payment     217 

— Claims  and  demands,  procedure  in  approv- 
ing      217 

— Fund,  Council  may  determine,  and  credits  to.  .214 

— Fund,  General  Expense,  money  may  be 
transferred   from    214 

— Fund,  Reserve,  money  may  be  transferred 
from     214 

— Funds,  money  not  to  be  transferred  from 
one  to  another 214 

— Officers,  boards  and  commissions  required 
to  file  yearly 209 

— Reserve  fund,  surplus  to  be  transferred  to, 
when    215 

— Reserve  fund,  surplus  in  certain  funds  not 
to  be  transferred  to 215 

Fines,  Police  Court — 
— To  be  deposited  in  City  Treasury 103 


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174 


176 
173 

173 
174 

174 
174 

176 

176 

177 
176 

176 

176 

176 

173 

176 

176 

74 


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Fire  Alarm  and  Police  Telegraph  System — 
— City   to   provide 33 

Fire  Commissioners,  Board  of — 

— Appointment  of  by  Mayor 108 

— Compensation,  members  to  receive  no 108 

— Fire  Department,  Board  to  manage  and  con- 
trol     107 

— Mayor,  ex-officio  member  and  president.  .  .  .108 

— Members,  to  be  three  in  number 107 

— Powers   and   duties 1 12b 

— President,  Mayor  to  be 108 

— Rules  and  regulations.  Board  to  make 112 

— Secretary,  appointment  and  duties Ilia 

— Term   of  office 108 

Fire  Department — 
— Control  of  in  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners.  107 

' — Council  to  maintain  efficiency 2 

— Employes,    appointments    to    be    made    by 

Chief    Engineer    110 

— Employes,  appointments  to  be  approved  by 

Board     110 

— Employes,  removals  and  suspensions 110 

— Employes,  removals  and  suspensions 240 

— Employes,   subject  to   Civil   Service   regula- 
tions     110 

— Employes,  salaries  to  be  fixed  by  ordinance  .111 

— Engineer,  Chief,  annual  report 58 

— Engineer,    Chief,    appointment 109 

— Establishment  of 107 

— Fires,  powers  and  authority  at 112a 

— Harbor,  Los  Angeles,  fires  at 112a 

— Harbor,  Los  Angeles,  fires  at 178 

— Pension    Fund    2 

— Powers  and  duties    1 12b 


14 


44 


37 

75 
75 

7S 
75 
75 
78 
75 
76 
76 
75 

75 
17 

75 

75 

75 

190 

7':^ 
76 
56 
75 
75 
77 
77 
106 
25 
78 


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Fire  Districts — 

— City  to  establish  by  ordinance 30  ...  36 

Firemen's  Pension  Fund,  to  create  and  maintain  2  44  25 

Fiscal  Year,  to  commence  July  1st  each  year.  .  .208  .  .  .  173 

Flags,  display  of 32  ...  37 

Floods,  City  to  protect  against 2  26  17 

Fourth  of  July,  appropriations  for  celebrations  .32  ...  37 
Franchises — 

— Acquisition  of  property  by  city,  procedure.  2  40  22 

— Broadway  subway    2  43  25 

— Contract  refranchise  rights 2  7d  12 

— Elevated  roads   2  43  24 

— Extensions  to  lines 2  40  21 

— 40  year  limitation,  procedure  for  granting.  .2  43  24 

— Grant  of,  by  ordinance 2  40  21 

— Grant  of,  by  ordinance 2  46  27 

— Harbor,  procedure 182  ...  Ill 

— Hill    street    subway 2  43  25 

— ]\Iain    street    subway 2  43  25 

— River  bed,  Los  Angeles 2  42  23 

— Spring  street  subway 2  43  25 

— Subway  and  elevated  roads 2  43  24 

— To  acquire   lands 2  7e  12 

— 21   year  limitation 2  40  21 

— Two-thirds  vote  of  Council  required 16  ...  33 

Funds,  Auditor's  duties    43  ...  43 

— Apportionment    43  ...  43 

Gambling,  City  may  suppress  and  prohibit 2  22  17 

Garbage — 

— Collection  and  disposal  of . 2  4  11 

— Collection  and  disposal  of 2  27  17 

— Reduction    works    for 2  4  11 

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Gas — 

— City  may  supply  to  inhabitants 2 

— City  may  supply  surplus  outside  of  city.  ...     2 
— Conduits,  City  may  levy  assessments  to  pay 

for     2 

— Connection  with   36d 

— Rates,  fixing  of 155 

Habeas  Corpus,  Writ  of — 
— City  Prosecutor's  duties 50 

Hack  Stands — 
— City  may  regulate  and  license 29 

Halls,  Assembly  and  Convention — 

— City  may  establish  and  maintain 2 

Harbors,  City — 

— City  may  improve,  maintain  and  control.  .  .     2 
— Fires  at    1 12a 

Harbor  Commissioners,  Board  of — 

— Appointment  of  by   Mayor 169 

—Control  of   176 

— Employes,  appointments,  salaries  and  duties.  175 

— Engineer,  City  Engineer  to  act  as 174 

— Engineer,  duties  and  reports 174 

— Engineer,  assistant,  appointment,  salary  and 

duties    174 

— Harbor  Department,  to  manage  and  control.  168 

— Meetings,  to  be  held  weekly 173 

— Office  and  office  hours.  Board  to  provide.  .  .  173 

—Office,  term  of 170 

— Oaths  and  affirmations 184 

— Penalty  for  violation  of  rules 186 

— Powers   and    duties 177 

— Powers  and  duties,  additional 180 


19 


10 


11 

13 

16 
39 
92 


51 
35 
11 
14 

99 
104 
101 
100 
100 


100 

99 

100 

100 

99 

110 

122 

104 

1  107 


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Harbor  Commissioners,  Board  of  (continued)  — 

— Powers  to  grant  leases 183 

— President,  Board  to  elect  after  organizing. .  170 

— President,  to  be  executive  officer 171 

— Qualifications     169 

— Rates,  when  to  take  effect 180 

— Salaries  to  be  fixed  by  Council 169 

— Secretary,  appointment,  duties  and  salaries.  172 

— Subpoenas,  issuance  and  service  of 184 

— Vacancies,  Mayor  to  fill  by  appointment.  ..  170 
— Vacancies,  Council  to  confirm  appointments.  170 

Harbor  Department — 
— Creation,  maintenance  and  control  of 168 

Harbor  and  Water  Front — 

— Charges,  regulation  and  collection  of 177c 

— Commerce  and  navigation 179a 

— Construction    work    179a 

— Control  of.  Commissioners  to  have 168 

— Council  may  alter  boundary  lines 176 

— District  to   comprise 176 

— Dredging  and  dredging  material 179b 

— Ferries  and  pilot  boats 179d 

—Fires  at    178 

— Franchises,  procedure    182 

— Franchises,  Leases  and  Lands 183a 

— Freight   and   passengers 179c 

— Income  to  Harbor  and  Revenue  Fund 185 

— Licenses  and  charges,  procedure  for  fixing.  180 

— Power  of  City  at 261 

— Rates,  adoption,  publication  and  hearing  on.  180 

— Rates,  veto  of  Council 180 

— Rules,  penalty  for  violation  of 177d 

— Utility  service,  public 180 

— L'tility  service,  annual  report  on 180 


112 
99 

100 
99 

109 
99 

100 

120 
99 
99 

99 

105 
106 
106 
99 
103 
101 
107 
107 
106 
111 
113 
107 
120 
108 
203 
108 
109 
106 
109 
110 


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Harbor  and  Water  Front  (continued) — 
— Utility  service,  franchises,  general  procedure 

for  granting    181  ...  Ill 

— Utility  service,  inspection  of  and  reports  on .  180  4  109 

— Utility  service,  records  and  data,  to  keep...  180  5  110 

— Tide  lands,  borough  use  of 258f  . . .  202 

— ^Vessels,  operation  and  use  of 177b  . . .  105 

— Wharves  and  Docks 179c  . . .  107 

Health  Commissioner — 

— Annual   report    58  8  56 

— Appointment  by   Mayor 6  ...  29 

— Appointment,  confirmation  of  by  City  Coun- 
cil     122  ...  81 

— Bond,  amount  of 61  ...  59 

— Duties  as  provided  by  charter  and  ordi- 
nance       57  ...  54 

— Health  Department,  to  control. 121  ...  81 

— Office,  to  devote  all  of  time  to 121  ...  81 

— Qualifications     124  ...  82 

— Rules  and  regulations,  power  to  make 125  ...  82 

—Term  of   office 121  ...  81 

Health  Department — 

— Arrests,   commissioners   and   employes    may 

make    126  ...  83 

— Assistants    and   employes,    provided    for   by 

ordinance    123  ...  82 

— Assistants  and  employes,  to  be  appointed  by 

Health   Commissioner    123  ...  82 

— Assistants    and    employes,    subject   to    Civil 

Service  rules   123  ...  82 

— Assistants  and  employes,  subject  to  suspen- 
sion or  removal 123  ...  82 

— Control  of  in  Health  Commissioner 121  ...  81 

— Department  established  120  ...  81 

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Health  Department  (continued) — 

— Employes,   duties  to  be  prescribed  by  ordi- 
nance     124  ...  82 

— Employes,  qualifications    124  ...  82 

— Employes,  salary  to  be  fixed  by  ordinance.  .124  ...  82 

— Hospitals,  jails,  public  buildings  and  schools.  125  ...  82 

—Office  to  be  provided  for  by  Council 122  ...  81 

— Preservation  of  health 2  6  11 

— Public  Health,  supervision  over 125  ...  82 

— Regulations,  City  may  make 2  6  11 

— Regulations  within  city  limits 2  34  20 

— Regulations  outside  city  limits 2  35  20 

— Rules  and  regulations,  enforcement  of 125  ...  82 

— Sanitary  conditions,  control  of 125  ...  82 

Heat,  City  may  supply. 2  7  12 

Horse  Corrals,  City  may  regulate  maintenance  of     2  21  17 

Hospitals — 

—City  may  establish  and  maintain 2  4  11 

— Sanitary    conditions,    Health    Commissioner 

to    supervise    125  ...  82 

Houses   of   Correction,   City   may   establish   and 

maintain    2  4  11 

Houses,   numbering  of 32  ...  Z1 


Immoral  houses    2 

Immoral  houses    2 

Indebtedness,   limitation   of 223 

Indebtedness,  City,  Auditor's  duties 222b 

Indigent,  care  of 2 

Infirmaries,  City  may  establish  and  maintain ....     2 
Institutions,  Public,  City  may  establish  and  main- 
tain         2 


22 

35 


17 
20 
181 
179 
11 
11 

11 


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Initiative,  The  (see  Elections). 

Inspector  of  Public  Works,  appointment,  bond, 
duties    and    salary 143g 

Jails — 

— City  may  establish  and  maintain 2 

— City  may  make  commitments  to 2 

— Provision  for  confinements,  vagrants,  etc. . .     2 

Kindergartens — 
— City  may  establish  and  maintain 2 

Lands   for  municipal  purposes 2 

Laundries,  City  may  regulate,  license  or  prohibit  2 
Leases — 

— City  may  enter  into 4 

— Period    of    2 

Lecture  Rooms,  regulation  of  by  ordinance 24 

Legal  Proceedings — 

— City  Attorney  to  keep  record  of 49 

— Effect  of  charter  amendments  on 227 

— Mayor's  duties  and  powers 64 

Legislative  Power,  vested  in  City  Council 12 

Legislature,  acts  of 227 

Liability   on   Contract 207a 

Libraries,  City  may  establish  and  maintain 2 

Library  Department — 

— Annual  report.  Board  to  make 58 

— Board  of  Library  Directors  to  manage  and 

control    81 

— Books,  Board  may  purchase 89c 

— Books,  unused.  Board  may  dispose  of 86g 

— Branch    libraries,    Board    to    establish    and 

maintain     86b 


84 


4 

11 

31 

19 

32 

19 

11 


16 

15 

21 

17 

11 

7e 

13 

.       34 

4      50 
183 
60 

32 
182 
168 

11 


17  57 

..  65 

..  70 

. .  67 

..  66 


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Sec.  Sub.  Page 


87 
82 
81 
82 

84 
83 


Library  Department  (continued) — 

— Branch  library  buildings,  Board  to  construct 

and   maintain    86b 

— Clerk,  appointment  and  duties 85 

— Department,  establishment  of  and  employes 

in     86d 

— Deposits  for  return  of  books 86j 

— Deposits  of  library  funds  in  the  City  Treas- 
ury  

— Directors,  appointment  of  by  Alayor 

— Directors,  five  in  number 

— Directors,  may  be  men  or  women 

— Directors  to  elect  president  to  serve  for  one 

year    

— Directors  to  serve  for  four  years 

— Directors,  term  of  office  to  expire,  when ...   83 
— Directors,  to  serve  without  compensation .  .   82 
— Directors  to  continue  in  office  until  succes- 
sors  appointed    83 

— Directors,  powers  and  duties 86 

— Directorate,  vacancies  in  to  be  filled  by  Mayor   83 

— Donations,  real  or  personal  property. 89b 

— Donations,  Board  may  accept  and  control . .   89b 

— Donations,  title  to  in  Board  as  trustee 89b 

— Employees,  appointment,  duties  and  salaries  86c 
— Employees,  subject  to  Civil  Service  rules.  .  .   86c 

— Employees,  suspension  or  removal 88 

— Employees,  suspension  or  removal 240 

— Employees,  reinstatement  of  after  discharge  88 

— Establishment  of    81 

— Fines   and   penalties,    Board    may   prescribe 

and    collect    86h 

— Funds,  Library  Board  to  control 86e 

— Funds,   Library,   demands   against 86e 


66 
65 

66 
67 

68 
65 
65 
65 

65 
65 
65 
65 

65 
66 
65 
69 
70 
70 
66 
66 
68 
190 
68 
65 

67 
66 
66 


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Library  Department  (continued) — 

— Funds,   Library,   to  be  kept   separate   from 

other  funds   86e 

— Indebtedness,  annual,  not  to  exceed  tax  levy  89 

— Indebtedness,  liquidation  of  by  bonds 89 

— Investments,   Board's  power  to  make 89c 

— Investments,  income   from 89c 

— Investments,  report  of  to  be  made  annually.  89c 
— Librarian  and  assistants.  Board  may  appoint  86c 
— Library  privileges  to  persons  outside  city. .  86i 
— Parks,   City  may   direct   use  of   for   library 

purposes     89b 

— Property,  donations  of 89b 

— Property,  Board  may  take  title  to  as  trustee.   89b 

— Property,  City  may  convey  to  Board 89b 

— Property,  injury  to,  punishment  for 90 

— Public  Library,  Board  to  establish  and  main- 
tain       86f 

— Public   Library,    Los   Angeles,    maintenance 

and  control  of 89a 

— Reading    rooms.    Board    to    establish    and 

maintain    86b 

— Real  property.  Board  may  purchase  or  lease  86f 
— Rules  and  regulations.  Board  to  establish . .  86a 
— Tax  levy  for  maintenance  of  library 89 

License,  City's  power  to 2 

— City  Clerk  to  issue 42 

—Effect  at  Harbor 180 

Lighting  Streets — 
— Board  of  Public  Works  to  have  charge  of.  .146 

Liquor  Licenses — 

— City  Clerk  to  issue 95a 

— Permits  for,  Police  Commissioners*  powers 

and   duties 95a 


21 


66 
69 
69 
70 
70 
70 
66 
67 

70 
69 
70 
70 
70 

67 

69 

66 
67 
66 
69 

16 

42 

109 

87 

72 
72 


32 


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Liquor  Regulations,   Consolidated   Territory ....  228a  ...  183 
Lodging  Houses,  Municipal,  City  may  establish 

and   maintain 2  4  1  i 

Los  Angeles  Aqueduct,  control  of 146 j^  ...  87 


Mandamus,  Writ  of — 
— May  issue  against  City  or  officials 222g 

Markets,  City  may  establish  and  maintain 2 

Market  Houses,  City  may  establish  and  maintain     2 
]\Iayor — 

— Annual  report  of 58 

— Annual  report  to  show  condition  of  Police 

Court    58 

— Appointments    6 

— Clerk,  Mayor  to  appoint 6 

— Duties,  general   41 

— Legal  proceedings,  when  to  prosecute 64 

— Oaths  and  affirmation,  power  to  administer.   60 
— Presiding  officer  of  Council,  to  act  as,  when  21 

Minors — 


Misdemeanors — 
— Punishment   and 
— Punishment   and 


Miscellaneous  Provisions    223 

Money,  collection  and  disbursement  of,  Auditor's 
duties    43 

Morgues,  City  may  establish  and  maintain 2 

Municipal  Art  Commission — 
— Appointments  to  be  made  by  Mayor 275 


.  181 

4   11 
4   11 

.   55 

1  55 
29 
29 
42 
60 
58 
34 


— Suspension  of  fine  and  imprisonment 2         31       19 


commitments   for 2         31 

commitments    for 2         32 


-Appointments  to  be  confirmed  by  Council 


.Z/o 


19 
19 

181 


43 
11 

206 
207 


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Municipal   Art   Commission    (continued)  — 
— Art  productions  to  be  selected  by  Commis- 
sion  281 

— Commission,  establishment  of 274 

— Commission,   personnel  of 275 

— Commissioners,   qualifications    275 

— Commissioners  to  organize  and  elect  officers .  277 
— Commissioners  to   serve  without  compensa- 
tion     275 

— Commissioners  to  hold  office  for  four  years. 276 
— Commissioners,  term  of  office  to  expire  on 

successive  years    276 

— Expenses,  Council  to  provide  funds  for ....  278 

— Offices,   Council  to  provide 278 

— Powers   and    duties 279 

— Powers  and  duties  to  be  prescribed  by  ordi- 
nance     282 

Municipal  Bonds  (see  Bonds). 

Municipal  Debt,  tax  levy  for  interest  on . , 2 

Municipal  Farms,  City  may  establish  and  maintain  2 

Municipal  Officers,  who  are 3 

Municipal  Powers,  by  Council 2 

Museums,  City  may  establish  and  maintain 2 

Navigation — 

— City  may  control  at  Harbor 2 

— City    may    control    within    three    miles    city 
limits     2 

Newspaper,  Municipal — 
— City  not  to  appropriate  money  for 2 

Nuisance,  abatement  of  by  ordinance 25 


209 
206 
206 
207 
207 

207 
207 

207 
207 
207 
207 

209 


18 

16 

4 

11 

. . 

28 

36 

20 

4 

11 

10 

14 

35 

20 

47 

27 

35 

Oath  of  Office,  officials  to  take. 


10 


30 


34 


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Oaths  and  xA-ffirmations — 

— Officials  have  power  to  administer, 

Office  Hours,  to  be  fixed  by  ordinance.  , 


60 


77. 


Official  Bonds — 

— Additional  security  on,  failure  to  give 64 

— Additional  security  on,  Council  may  require  64 

— Amounts    of    61 

— Execution  of  by  sureties 62 

— Increase  in  amount,  Council  may  require.  .  .  63 

— Sureties,    justification    by 62 

Officers  of  Municipality — 

— Appointive,  who  are 6 

— Appointive,  term  of  office 9 

— Appointive  or  elective  other  than  designated  2 

— ^.Appointive,  suspension  and  removal  of .  . .  .  9 

— Bonds,   amounts   of 61 

— Contracts,  not  to  be  interested  in 18 

— Elective,    who   are 4 

— Elective,  suspension  and  removal  of 9 

— Elective,  term  of  office 5 

—Oath  of  office 10 

—Recall,"  The   198p 

— Salaries,  amounts  of 65 

— Suspensions  and  removals 9 

— Term   of  office 5 

— Vacancies    8 

— Who  are    3 

Ordinances — 

— Approval  of  by  Mayor 12 

— Charter  amendments,  effect  of  on  existing.  38a 

— EflFective,   when    198g 

— Emergency    clause,    what    ordinances    may 

contain    198g 


23 


58 
34 

60 
60 
59 
59 
60 
59 

29 
30 
17 
30 
59 
33 
29 
30 
29 
30 
146 
61 
30 
29 
30 
28 

32 

41 

140 

140 


35 


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Ordinances   (continued)  — 

— Evidence,  introduction  of  copy  as 226 

— Initiative,  ordinance  m^y  be  proposed  by.  .  .198a 

— Judicial  notice  of,  courts  to  take 226 

— Passage   of,   procedure Z7 

— Police  Court  jurisdiction  for  violations ....  100 

— Powers,  Council's  additional  to  pass 40 

— Publication   of    39 

— Referendum,  Ordinances  subject  to 198f 

— Unanimous  vote  on,  when  required 39a 

— Unanimous  vote,  seven  members  to  be  pres- 
ent       39a 

—Veto,  Clerk's  duty 37 

— Veto,  exercise  of  by  Mayor 37 

— Veto,  Mayor  to  return  ordinance  within  10 

days    38 

— Veto,    Mayor's    objections    to    be    stated    in 

writing    37 

— Veto,  Mayor's  approval  of  ordinance  in  part  37a 
— Veto,   Council  to   consider   objections   sepa- 
rately       37a 


182 

134 

182 

40 

7Z 

41 

41 

140 

41 

41 
40 
40 

41 

40 
40 

41 


Parks  and  Park  Land  (see  Park  Department).  .113 

Park  Department — 

— Annual  report.  Commissioners  to  make ....   58 
— Commissioners,  appointment  of  by  Mayor.  .114 

— Commissioners,  Board  of  to  control 113 

- -Commissioners,  compensation,  to  serve  with- 
out      114 

— Commissioners,   power    118 

— Commissioners,   qualifications    114 

— Commissioners,  term  of  office  four  years..  115 
— Commissioners,    terms    to    expire    on    suc- 
cessive years   115 

36 


18 


78 

57 
78 
78 

78 
79 
78 
78 

78 


INDEX 


Sec.  Sub.  Page 


Park  Department  (continued)  — 

— Commissioners  to  organize  and  elect  presi- 
dent      116  ...  79 

— Donations,  Commissioners  may  receive  and 

hold  as  special  trustee 119  ...  80 

— Funds,  Park,  donations  to  credit  of 119  ...  80 

— Funds,  Park,  investment  of  moneys  of 119  ...  80 

— Funds,  Park,  withdrawals  from 119  ...  80 

— Meetings  to  be  held  weekly 117  ...  79 

— Office  to  be  provided  by  City  Council 117  ...  79 

— Office  hours  to-  be  prescribed  by   Commis- 
sioners     117  ...  79 

— Park  lands  to  be  used  forever  for  park  pur- 
poses     119b  ...  81 

— Powers  and  duties  of  commissioners 118  ...  79 

— Powers  and  duties,  additional,  prescribed  by 

ordinance 1 19a  ...  81 

— Rules  and  regulations,  to  make  and  enforce.  118  ...  79 
— -Secretary  of  Board,  appointment,  duties  and 

salary    116  ...  79 

— Superintendent,  appointment  and  duties  of.  118  ...  79 

— V^acancy  in  commission  to  be  filled  by  Mayor.  115  ...  78 

Petitions  (see  Elections). 

Pipes,  ordinance  regulation  of 31        ...       Z7 

Playgrounds,  City  may  establish  and  maintain .  .     2  4       11 

Playground  Department — 

— Appointment  of  Commissioners 264       .  .  .     204 

— Commissioners,  compensation,  to  serve  with- 
out      264       ...     204 

— Commissioners,  office,  term  of  to  expire  on 

successive  years    . . . '. 264       . . .     204 

— Commissioners,  to  control 263       .  . .     204 

— Commissioners,  to  organize  and  elect  presi- 

.dent     265       ...     204 


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Playground  Department  (continued)  — 

— Commissioners,  to  hold  office  for  four  years .  264 
— Donations,  Commissioners  may  receive  and 

hold  as  special  trustee 270 

— ^^Meetings,  to  be  held  weekly 265 

— Office,  to  be  provided  by  Council 265 

— Officers,    employes,    appointments    and    sal- 
aries     266 

— Playgrounds,    buildings    and    improvements 

upon    268 

— Playgrounds,  Commissioners  to  control  and 

manage     267 

— Playgrounds,  use  of  public  land  for 271 

— Playground     fund,     appropriations     to     by 

Council     272 

— Playground  fund,  expenditures   from 270 

— Playground  fund,  investment  of  money  in .  .  270 
— Playground  fund,  money  to  be  deposited  in. 270 
— Powers   and   duties  to  be  as   prescribed  by 

ordinance    273 

— Secretar}^,  appointment  and  duties 265 

— Trustee,  Board  to  act  as,  when 270 

Poles,  ordinance  regulation  of 31 

Police,  Chief  of — 

— Appointment  by  Mayor 6 

— Bond,  amount  of 61 

— Mayor's  orders,  subject  to 53 

— Ministerial  officer  of  city,  to  be 54 

— Police  Department,  employes,   appointments 

and  discharges    93 

— Police  Force,  to  control 53 

— Powers  and  Duties 55 

— Powers   and   Duties,   additional,   to   be   im- 
posed by  ordinance 56 


204 

205 
204 
204 

205 

205 

205 
206 

206 
206 
206 
205 

206 
204 
206 

37 


29 
59 
53 
53 

71 
53 

54 

54 


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Police,  Chief  of  (continued) — 

— Report  of    58 

— Subpoenas,  service  of 60 

— Term  of  Office 9 


56 

58 
30 


— Clerks,  duties 102 

— Courts  and  sessions  of 98 

— Fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures 103 

— Judges,  Police,  powers  of 99 

— Judicial  power  of  City,  vested  in 97 

— Jurisdiction,  exclusive   100 

— Jurisdiction,  exclusive,  public  offenses 101 

—Office  Hours   106 

— Office  Supplies,  City  to  furnish 104 

— Prosecutor  to   draw   complaints   and  prose- 
cute forfeited  bail  bonds 50 

— Seal,  to  have  a 105 

Police  Department — 

— Chief  of  Police,  powers 93 

— Commissioners,  appointment    92 

— Commissioners,  Secretary's  duties 96 

— Control  of  in  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  91 
— Employees,    appointments    to    be    made    by 

Chief   of   Police 93 

— Employees,  appointments,  to  be  approved  by 

Board    93 

— Employees,  removals  and  suspensions 93 

— Employees,  removals  and  suspensions 240 

— Employees,  salaries,  to  be  fixed  by  ordinance  94 

— Enforce  regulations,  by  Council 2 

— Establishment  of    91 

— Pension  Fund   2 

— Rules  and  Regulations 95 


34 


45 


74 
7Z 
74 
7Z 
71 
7Z 
74 
74 
74 

51 

74 

71 
71 
7Z 
71 

71 

71 

71 

190 

72 
20 
71 
26 
72 


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Police  Pension  Fund,  to  create  and  maintain ....     2  45  26 

Power  and  Light,  Bureau  of,  creation 193  (a)     132 

— Supervision  and  control  of 193  .  .  .  132 

Power  Revenue  Fund- — 
— Electric    plant    bonds,     interest    and    prin- 
cipal on    192h  ...  128 

— Expenditures   from    192h  .  .  .  128 

— Moneys  to  be  deposited  in 192h  .  .  .  129 

Prisoners,  employment  of  on  public  works 26  ...  35 

Prize  fights   2  22  17. 

Property — 

— City  may  acquire  and  hold 2  16  15 

— City  may  purchase  or  lease 2  17  15 

— Private,  may  be  condemned 2  48  27 

Property,  personal,  sale  of — 
— Department    having    control    of    must    ap- 
prove of  sale 207f  . . .  172 

— Proceeds  of  sale  to  credit  of  department.  .207f  ...  172 

— Sale  of,  may  be  authorized  by  ordinance.  .207f  .  .  .  172 

Property,  real,  sale  of — 
— Bids,   consideration  of,   action  on   and  pro- 
cedure  207e  . . .  172 

— Bids,  Council  may  reject  any  or  all 207e  ...  172 

— Board  or  commission  having  authority  over 

may  sell   207e  ...  172 

— Ordinance  authorizing  sale,  subject  to  refer- 
endum     207e  . . .  171 

— Procedure  for  sale  of 207e  . .  .  171 

— To  be  paid  for  in  United  States  coin 225  . . .  182 

— Two-thirds  vote  of  Council  required 207e  .  .  .  171 

— Withdrawal    of    property 207e  .  . .  172 


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Prosecutor,  City — 

— Appointment  of  by  Mayor 50 

— Assistants  and  Employes 50 

— Bond,  may  be  required  by  Council 63 

— Duties,  to  devote  time  to 50 

— Powers  and  Duties 50 

— Qualifications    50 

— Salary,  to  be  fixed  by  ordinance 66 

— Term  of  Office 9 

Purchasing  Agent — 

— Agent   of   City 57a 

— Appointment    207d 

— Bond,  duties  and  salary 57a 

— Materials  and  Supplies,  to  purchase 207d 

— Term  of  Office 9 

Public  Service,  Department  of — 

— Commissioners,  appointment  of  by  Mayor..  192a 

— Commissioners,  Board  of  to  control 192 

— Commissioners,  qualifications    192b 

— Commissioners,  powers   192g 

— Commissioners   to   serve    for   term   of   four 

years 192c 

—Commissioners  to  organize  and  elect  presi- 
dent      192d 

—Commission,    vacancy    in    to    be    filled    by 

Mayor    192c 

— Contracts,  manner  of  entering  into 192j 

- — Electricity,  sale  and  distribution  of 192g 

— Electricity,  rates,  fixing  and  collection  of..l92g 
— Electric   plants.   Board   has   power   to   con- 
struct  and   maintain 192g 

— Electric  power,  method  of  disposal.  .......  191 

— Electric  power,  supply  and  distribution  of.  .  192g 
— Electric  power,  rates,  Board  may  fix 192h 


50 
50 
60 
51 
51 
50 
61 
30 

54 
170 

54 
170 

30 

124 
124 
124 
125 

124 

124 

124 
131 
126 
126 

125 
4,23 
125 
130 


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Public  Service,  Department  of  (continued) — 
— Electric  power,   surplus,   supply  and   distri- 
bution of   192g 

— Employees,    appointment,    duties    and    com- 
pensation    . ^^^S 

— Engineer,    Chief,    appointment,    duties    and 

salary     192g 

— Los  Angeles  River,  water  rights  in,  not  to 

dispose  of    191 

— Meetings  to  be  held  weekly 192f 

— Office  and  office  hours 192f 

— Power,  Electric,  method  of  disposal 191 

— Power    and    Light,    Bureau    of.    Board    to 

control    193a 

— President,  to  be  executive  officer 192e 

— President,    duties    192e 

— President,   salary 192f 

— Property,  Board  to  hold  as  special  trustee.  .1921 

— Property,  Board  may  lease 192m 

—Quorum,  three  members  of  Board  to   con- 
stitute     192j 

— Quorum,  vote  of,  when  required 192j 

— Rates,  resolution  to  be  published 192i 

— Rates,  electric  power  and  light.  Board  may 

fix    192h 

— Report,    annual.    Board    to    make    to    City 

Council    192k 

— Report,    monthly.    Board   to   make   to    City 

Council    192k 

— Secretary,  appointment  192d 

— Secretary,  duties   192e 

— Water,  rates,  fixing  and  collection  of 192g 

-7-Water,  sale  and  distribution  of 192g 

— Water,  surplus,  supply  and  distribution  of.  .192g 


126 

127 

127 

123 
125 
125 
123 

132 
124 
124 
125 
131 
132 

131 
131 
130 

130 

131 

131 
124 
125 
126 
126 
125 


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Public  Service,  Department  of  (continued) —  .  - 
— Water   and   Water   Rights   in   Los   Angeles 

River 190  ...  122 

— Water   and   Water   Rights,   method   of   dis- 
posal     191  ...  123 

— Water  overseer,  duties,  Board  to  prescribe.   51  ...  52 
— Water    System,    Board   has   power   to   con- 
struct  and   maintain 192g  . .  .  125 

— Water  Works,  Bureau  of.  Board  to  control.  193  . . .  132 
— W^ater   Works,   Supt.   of,    duties.   Board   to 

prescribe     51  ...  52 

Public  Utilities,  Department  of — 

— Acquire   lands   for 2  7e  12 

— Acquire,  subject  to  outstanding  bond  against 

same 2  7a  12 

— Annual  report.  Board  to  make  to  Council.  .155  6  95 

— Bond,  to  be  a  lien  upon  the  property 2  7b  12 

— Bond,  excluded  from  debt  limit 2  7c  12 

— City  may  contribute  to  expense 2  14  15 

— Collect  rates  and  charges 2  12  14 

— Commissioners,  appointment  of  by  ^layor.  .153  ...  91 

— Commissioners,  Board  of  to  control 152  ...  91 

— Commissioners,    terms    to    expire    on    suc- 
cessive years   153  ...  91 

— Commissioners,  to  organize  and  elect  presi- 
dent  154  ...  91 

— Commissioners  to  serve  for  four  years 153  ...  91 

— Contract  with  owners 2  7d  12 

— Creation  and  control  of 152  ...  91 

— Employees,   Board  may   appoint,   discharge, 

remove  or  suspend 158  ...  96 

— Engineers,  Board  may  employ 157  ...  96 

— Franchises,  public  service.  Board  to  keep  a 

detailed   record  of 155  5  94 


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Public  Utilities,  Department  of   (continued) — 
— Franchises,    public    service,    Board    to    pass 

upon  applications  156       ...       95 

— Franchises,    public    service,    procedure    for 

granting    ..156       ...       95 

— Harbor,  Los  Angeles,  Board  has  not  juris- 
diction over 155       ...       95 

—Hearings,  Board  may  require  attendance  at.  162       ...       98 
— Hearings,  Board  may  conduct  and  subpoena 

v^itnesses   at 162       ...       98 

— Issuing   bonds   without   regard  to  the   debt 

limit    2 

— Issuing  bonds  against  general  credit 2 

— Lease,    period   of 2 

— Meetings,   special  may  be   called  by   Board 

or  President    154 

— Meetings  to  be  held  weekly 1 54 

— Meters,  Board  to  provide  for  testing 155 

— Office,  to  be  provided  by  City  Council 154 

— Office  Hours,  to  be  prescribed  by  ordinance.  154 

— Officials,  City,  to  assist  Board 157 

— Powers  and  duties  of  commissioners 155 

— Powers  and  duties,  additional 163 

— Powers,  city  to  operate 2 

— Rates,  public  utility,  procedure  for  fixing..  155 

— Regulations,  enforcement  of 163 

— Regulations,   etc 2 

— Regulations,    penalty    for    failure    to    con- 
form to    164 

— Repealing  all   ordinances 165 

— Security,   franchise   or   operating 2 

— Secretary  of  Board,  appointment  and  duties.  154 
— Two-thirds  vote  to  transfer  or  dispose  of . .  2 
— Utilities,  Public,  rules  and  regulations 161 


44 


7b 

12 

7c 

12 

7e 

13 

92 

92 

4 

94 

91 

91 

96 

92 

98 

50 

27 

2 

93 

98 

30 

18 

98 

. . 

98 

7b 

12 

91 

41 

22 

97 

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Public  Utilities,  Department  of  (continued)  — 
— Utilities,  Public  Service,  Board  may  inspect 

systems    159 

— Utilities,  Public  Service,  inspection  of 155 

— Utilities,    Public    Service,    investigation    of 

complaint    against    155 

— Utilities,  Public  Service,  investigations 155 

— Utilities,  Public  Service,  rates.  Board  to  fix.  155 

— Utility  Service,  extension  of  mains 160 

— Utility    Service,    extensions,    procedure    for 

acquiring    160 

— Vacancies    in    Commission    to    be   filled    by 

Mayor     153 

— Vacancies  in  office,  when 8 

Public  Welfare,  Department  of — 

— Council  to  exercise  powers 2 

Public  Works,  Department  of — 

— Annual  report,  buildings  and  building  per- 
mits    58 

— Annual  report,   streets  and  street   improve- 
ments       58 

— Annual  report,  bonds,  sale  of,  proceeds  of.  150 

— Aqueduct,  Los  Angeles,  control  of 146>4 

— Bonds   and   Contracts 145a 

— Bonds  and  Contracts,  Secretary's  duties ....  145c 

— Board  of  Public  Works  to  control 143 

— Board  of  Public  Works,  duties  and  power.  145 
— Buildings,  public,  care  and  maintenance  of.  146 
— Building  ordinances  and  enforcement  of...  147 

— Change  of  grade.  Board's  duties 145a 

— Civil  Service,  rules  of,  apply  to, 143i 

— Commissioners,  appointment,  bond  and  sal- 
aries     143a 

— Commissioners,  term  of  office 143b 


. 

96 

4 

94 

3 

94 

1 

92 

2 

93 

. 

97 

..  97 

..  91 

..  30 

37  20 

12  56 


13 


56 
89 
87 
86 
86 
83 
86 
87 
88 
'85 
85 

83 
83 


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Public  Works,  Department  of  (continued) — 
— Commissioners,  to  organize  and  elect  presi- 
dent     143c  ...  83 

— Contracts,   award  of 145a  3  86 

— Disbursing  Agent,  appointment  and  duties.  151  ...  90 

— Documents  and  Records,  signing  of 149  ...  88 

— Employees,   appointment,  duties  and  salaries .  143i  ...  85 
— Engineer,     City,    appointment,     duties    and 

salary    143h  ...  84 

— Garbage,  disposal  of 146  5  87 

— Inspector    of    Public    Works,    appointment, 

duties  and  salary 143g  ...  84 

—Harbor  and  Water  Front 146>4  ...  88 

— Harbor  Improvement  Bonds 146^  ...  88 

— Lighting  of  buildings,  parks  and  streets ...  146  3  87 

— Office  and  office  hours 143d  ...  .84 

— Powers  and  Duties,  general 145  ...  85 

— President's  Duties  and  Powers 145  (b)      86 

— Public     Works     and     Improvements,     bond 

issues    for    146>4  ...  88 

— Public  Works  and   Improvement,   care   and 

maintenance  of  146  4  87 

— Secretary,  appointment,  duties  and  salary..  143e  ...  84 

— Secretary,   duties,   additional 145c  ...  86 

— Secretary,  to  be  officer  of  municipality 143f  ...  84 

— Sewage,   disposal   of 146  5  87 

— Sewers  and  Storm  Drains 146  2  87 

— Street  Superintendent,  Board  to  succeed . . .  144  ...  85 

— Street  refuse,  disposal  of 146  5  87 

—Streets,   care  of 146  3  87 

— Streets,  improvement  of 146  1  87 

—Streets,  lighting  of 146  3  87 

— Utilities,  public,  control  of 146  6  87 

Quarantine,  regulations   2  35  20 

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Quarries,  City  may  establish  and  maintain 2  4  11 

Quarters,  Council  to  provide 23  ...  34 

Railways,  acquisition  of  stock  by  City 2  16  15 

— Length  of  trains  and  stopping 35  ...  38 

— Speed  of    34  ...  37 

Railways  (see  Franchises). 

Rates,  charged  and  collected,  to  fix 2  30  18 

—When  effective  at  Harbor 180  2  109 

Reading  rooms   2  4  11 

Regulations,  etc.,  public  utilities 2  30  18 

Removal    of   officers. 9  ...  30 

Rewards,  Council  may  authorize  payment  of . . .   32  ...  37 
River,  Los  Angeles,  bed  of,  not  to  be  leased  or 

sold    2  42  23 

Rubbish,  collection  and  disposal  of 2  27  18 

Rubbish,  collection  and  disposal  of 36  ...  38 

Salaries,  Officials — 

— Absence  from  office,  effect  of  in  payment  of .222b  ...  179 

— Amounts   of    65  ...  61 

— Amounts,  payments  to  be  made  monthly...   67  ...  61 
— Amounts,   not   to   be   changed   during   term 

of  office   67  ...  61 

— Appointive    officers    65  ...  61 

—Auditor's  duties   219  ...  177 

— Council  may  fix 2  24  17 

Sanitary  regulations,  by  Council 2  34  20 

Schools,  Superintendent  of — 

— Annual   report    58  16  57 

— Appointments,  by  Board  of  Education .....   76  2  63 

—Duties     78  ...  64 

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Sewers —  • 

— Connections  with    36d  .  .  ,  39 

— Construction   and   use   of 146  2  87 

— Maintenance   of    2  15  15 

— Sewage,   disposal   of 146  5  87 

Sick  and  Indigent,  care  of 2  5  li 

Sidewalks,  weeds  on 36c  ...  38 

Speed,  railroads,  etc ..... 34  ...  37 

Spur  Tracks,  permits  for 2  38  20 

Steamships,   City   may   acquire 2  9  14 

Street  Railways,  City  may  acquire 2  9  14 

Street  Superintendent — 

— Powers  and  Duties 52  ...  53 

— Successor,  Board  of  Public  Works  to  be .  .    52a  ...  53 

Streets — 

— Boulevards,   dedication   of 36f  ...  39 

— Care  and  control  of 146  3  87 

— Cleaning  and  sprinkling  of 33  ...  'S7 

— Improvement  of .   28  ...  35 

— Improvement   of,   assessments   for.. 2  19  16 

— Naming   of 32  ...  Z7 

— Opening  of 2  13  14 

— Survey   of    28  ...  35 

— Trains,    stopping   on 35  ...  38 

—Use  of ...:... 36e  ...  39 

Subpoenas,  issuance  and  service  of 60  ...  58 

Subways,  City  may  construct  and  maintain 2  11  14 

Subways    (see   Franchises)    2  43  24 

Succession,  City  to  have  perpetual 2  3  11 

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Suits — 

— City  Attorney  to  prosecute  and  defend 49" 

— Damages,  claims  for 222g 

— For  or  against   City 2 

Tax  and  License  Collector,  City — 

— Annual    report    58 

— Appointment  by   Mayor 6 

— Bond,  amount  of .   61 

— Duties 45 

— Term   of  office -9 

Taxes — 

— Assessments,   Alunicipal    2 

— Assessor,   duties   of 46 

— Boroughs,   taxation   of 259 

— Collection  of 45 

— Council,  to  fix  rate 213 

— Liens,    enforcement    of 212 

— Personal  property,  Assessor  to  collect  on .  .  .   46 

— Proceedings,    regularity    of 212 

— Property,  sold  for,  redemption  of 225 

—Rate    not    to    exceed    $1.00   on    each    $100, 

annually     2 

— Sale  of  property  for 46 

— Suits    concerning 224 

— Taxpayers,  to  make  report  to  City  Assessor  46 

Telegraph  Systems,  City  may  establish  and  main- 
tain         2 

Telephone  Rates,  fixing  of 155 

Telephone  Rates,  fixing  of 2 

Telephone     Systems,     City     may    establish     and 
maintain     2 


1  49 
.      181 

2  10 


00 
29 
59 
45 
30 


18 


16 

40 
203 

4o 
176 
175 

4b 
175 
182 

16 

47 

181 

46 


9  14 
..  92 
30       18 


18 


14 


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Tidelands  (see  Harbor  and  Water  Front). 

Toilet,   Public    2 

Traffic,  Council  to  regulate  speed 34 

Treasurer,  City — 

— Annual  report  of 58 

— Appointment   by   Mayor 6 

— Bond,  amount  of 61 

— Books  of,  examination  of 44 

— Daily  report  to  Auditor 44 

— Duties     44 

— Term  of  office 9 

— Money,  payment  of  into 222f 

— Monthly    report    44 

— Payments    from    222a 

Trees,  care  and  maintenance  of 36a 

Tunnels,  City  may  construct  and  maintain 2 

Utilities  (see  Public  Utilities). 

Vehicles,  City  may  regulate  and  license 29 

Wages,  to  be  paid  weekly 218 

Warehouses,  construction  of,  indebtedness  for.  .223 

Water,  City  may  supply 2 

— Surplus,  sale  of 2 

Water  Department  (see  Public  Service,  Depart- 
ment of)    190 

Water  Mains — 

— Connections  with   ." 36d 

— Dimensions  to  be  not  less  than  four  inches. .  193b 
— Material  and  capacity  as  prescribed  by  or- 
dinance     193b 


11 

Z7 

55 
29 
59 
45 
44 
44 
30 

180 
44 

179 

38 
11   14 


\ 

177 

. 

181 

7 

12 

8 

13 

122 

39 
133 

133 


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Water  Overseer,  annual  report 58  9  56 

Water  Rates,  fixing  of  and  when  effective 193c  . . .  133 

Water  Revenue  Fund — 

— Expenditures   from    192g  .  .  .  127 

— Expenditures  from,  for  what  purposes 192h  . .  .  128 

— Money    to    be    kept    separate    from    other 

funds    192g  ...  127 

— ^loneys  to  be  deposited  in 192g  .  .  .  127 

— Water  Works  Bonds,  interest  and  principal 

on  to  be  paid  from 192g  . .  .  128 

Water    Works,    Bureau    of,    creation    and    con- 
trol   of 193  ...  132 

Weeds — 

— Private  lands,  removal  of  from 36b  ...  38 

— Sidewalks,  removal  of  from 36c  ...  38 

W^eights  and  Measures,  City  Sealer  of — 

— Annual    report    58  15  S7 

— Appointment   by   Mayor 6  ...  29 

— Bond,  am.ount  of 61  ...  59 

— Salary,  to  be  fixed  by  ordinance 66  ...  61 

W^harves  and   Docks,   construction  of,   indebted- 
ness for   223  ...  181 

Wires,   ordinance   regulation 31  ...  37 

Works  of  Art,  acceptance  of 279  .  .  .  207 


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1                                  STAMPED  BELOW 

AN  INITIAL  FINE  OF  25  CENTS 

WILL   BE   ASSESSED    FOR    FAILURE  TO    RETURN 
THIS    BOOK    ON    THE    DATE   DUE.    THE    PENALTY 
I            WILL  INCREASE  TO  50  CENTS  ON  THE  FOURTH 
DAY     AND     TO     $1.00     ON     THE     SEVENTH     DAY 
OVERDUE. 

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